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Creating multi-line data grid rows with variable row heights

One of my favorite Flex components is the the trusty DataGrid. It seems whenever I build some sort of application or sample, I need a DataGrid to show all sorts of debug data or what have you. Here is a simple little example of a DataGrid with multi-line content and a variable row height.

The following example demonstrates how to set up a DataGrid control to word wrap certain data grid columns, and allow each row to have a variable row height, depending on the amount of text in each row:





<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" backgroundColor="white" layout="vertical">

<mx:Array id="arr">

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<mx:Object articleName="Detecting which button a user pressed to dismiss an Alert dialog" data="9" />

<mx:Object articleName="Using the Alert control" data="8" />

<mx:Object articleName="Formatting data tips in a Slider" data="7" />

<mx:Object articleName="Downloading the latest Adobe Labs version of Flex 3 SDK/Flex Builder 3 (codename: Moxie)" data="6" />

</mx:Array>

<mx:ArrayCollection id="arrColl" source="{arr}" />

<mx:DataGrid id="dataGrid" dataProvider="{arrColl}" variableRowHeight="true" width="100%" height="100%">

<mx:columns>

<mx:DataGridColumn id="articleName" dataField="articleName" headerText="Name of the article in question" wordWrap="true" />

<mx:DataGridColumn id="data" dataField="data" headerText="ID of the article" />

</mx:columns>

</mx:DataGrid>

</mx:Application>

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