prevent child from scaling

[ghostmonk]

I want to add a child to a movieclip that I am scaling.
However, I would like to prevent that child from scaling when the parent scales.

I know there is a way to do it, but I can't find the solution in my notes.
Anyone have any ideas?

[rhamej]

Can't be done. But if you are talking about the scale 9 thingy where it won't scale the border, then that is in the pop up box when you convert it to a mc.

[BradLee]

You could always just adjust the scale of the child object to make it look like it hasn't changed scale.

Something like this...


child.scaleX = 100/parent.scaleX;
child.scaleY = 100/parent.scaleY;


Or something like that...


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[ghostmonk]

thanks for the solution and the policing, constable Brad

[jfabris]

Can't be done. But if you are talking about the scale 9 thingy where it won't scale the border, then that is in the pop up box when you convert it to a mc.

How does the List component work then? You can scale that and it doesn't mess up the text.

[senocular]

How does the List component work then? You can scale that and it doesn't mess up the text.

That's resizing, not scaling, and its all handled dynamically through ActionScript.

[jfabris]

That's resizing, not scaling, and its all handled dynamically through ActionScript.

It seems like the List component is doing exactly what GhostMonk (and I) want to do.

[senocular]

You can check to see how the List class does it if you're interested in that approach

<Flash Install>\Common\Configuration\Component Source\ActionScript 3.0\User Interface\fl\controls\List.as
<Flash Install>\Common\Configuration\Component Source\ActionScript 3.0\User Interface\fl\core\UIComponent.as