Comments on: Adding a Scrollbar to a Dynamicly Populated Menu List in ActionScript 2.0 http://www.pixologyinteractive.com/2009/06/adding-a-scrollbar-to-a-dynamicly-populated-menu-list-in-actionscript-2/ //creativity from the ground up Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:41:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Erin Pierce http://www.pixologyinteractive.com/2009/06/adding-a-scrollbar-to-a-dynamicly-populated-menu-list-in-actionscript-2/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Erin Pierce Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:28:39 +0000 http://www.erinpierce.com/?p=234#comment-24 SOLUTION to height problem ... for some reason it was not passing the correct height when calculating the listHolder_mc._height. SO, i added a fourth variable to be passed through to the scrolling function. In my for loops I created a variable called listOneHeight and listTwoHeight and set it equal to the menu item height multiplied by the number of items: <blockquote><span class="Unicode">// inside the for loop</span> <span class="Unicode">navH = _root.listOneHolder.myNav._height + spacing; // var spacing set earlier to what ever distance you want between buttons</span> <span class="Unicode">listOnefinalH = navH * i; // actual list menu height</span> <span class="Unicode">// the updated scrolling function now has a finalH variable being passed through and then set the contentHeight equal to that</span> <span class="Unicode">var contentHeight:Number = finalH;</span> <span class="Unicode">// and in the second list's for loop</span> <span class="Unicode">btnH = _root.listTwoHolder.btn._height + spacing; // var spacing set earlier to what ever distance you want between buttons</span> <span class="Unicode">listTwoFinalH = btnH * i; // actual list menu height</span> <span class="Unicode">// the updated scrolling function now has a finalH variable being passed through and then set the contentHeight equal to that</span> <span class="Unicode">// inside my scrolling function</span> <span class="Unicode">var contentHeight:Number = finalH;</span></blockquote> SOLUTION to height problem … for some reason it was not passing the correct height when calculating the listHolder_mc._height. SO, i added a fourth variable to be passed through to the scrolling function. In my for loops I created a variable called listOneHeight and listTwoHeight and set it equal to the menu item height multiplied by the number of items:

// inside the for loop
navH = _root.listOneHolder.myNav._height + spacing; // var spacing set earlier to what ever distance you want between buttons
listOnefinalH = navH * i; // actual list menu height
// the updated scrolling function now has a finalH variable being passed through and then set the contentHeight equal to that
var contentHeight:Number = finalH;

// and in the second list’s for loop
btnH = _root.listTwoHolder.btn._height + spacing; // var spacing set earlier to what ever distance you want between buttons
listTwoFinalH = btnH * i; // actual list menu height
// the updated scrolling function now has a finalH variable being passed through and then set the contentHeight equal to that

// inside my scrolling function
var contentHeight:Number = finalH;

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