The
ResizeManagerFX SWC component resizes and moves any
UIComponent using the custom styles of each individual client component.
This component will save you many hours of coding and debugging with it's out of the box resize and move functionality.
The manager also depends on style sheets more than most components do, for the simple reason of allowing client components to define their own styles and remain encapsulated from the resize manager and each other.
Check out the Component Explorer to see how dynamic this component really is!
The manager provides the following functionality;
- Client component resizing and moving.
- Disabling and enabling of move and resize functionality
- Client component bounds checking.
- Client component minimum and maximum width and height checks.
- Custom cursor skin and offset styles.
- Resize and Move button styles and offsets.
- Resize and Move effects with easing and duration styles.
- Resize types of none, real time and animated.
- Move types of non, real time and animated.
- Customized look and feel for each client's overlay and popup overlay.
- Client overlay offset in insets.
- Overlay thicknesses, skins and alpha.
- Anchored overlay type with dashed line pattern styles.
- Client and Manager resize and move events.
- Convenient interfaces so sub classing of overlays is possible.
- One line of code for addition and removal of client components.
- Mouse shield to protect Application while dragging or moving.
- Plus more...
When using the manager class, use the ResizeManagerFX.addClient(component) static class method to embed the overlay inside the client component and initialize resize and move functionality.
There are various styles that control to look and resize functionality of
each client component. Check the style's of the ResizeOverlay to find out which
styles will effect the embedded overlay and which styles effect the popup overlay.
The manager will also take into account the minimum and maximum width and height of each client component when resizing. The manager also places the popup overlay above all components and creates a mouse shield so there is no misplaced events while resizing or moving.
This component was designed based on the ever increasing need to be
able to resize and move a UIComponent anytime and anywhere.
