Today's challenge is a Flex code issue. What's wrong with this code?
<mx:VBox borderStyle="solid"
borderColor="#000000"
backgroundColor="#FFFFFF"
width="200" height="100">
<mx:Text text="{bodyText}" width="100%" height="100%"/>
</mx:VBox>
Example from Jeff Tapper's 'How NOT to code Flex' presentation at MAX 2009.
http://slidesix.com/view/262JeffTapperHownottocodeFlexApplications-nP23P
simon gladman wrote on 01/27/107:22 AM
"It's wrong 'cause container is used around only one Text control" - how about if there's some additional code that adds other components to the vbox later on? In that case, it's correct :)
Rob McKeown wrote on 01/27/101:03 PM
My guess is that the container is there because you can't put a border around a Text control directly
John Mason wrote on 02/09/108:49 AM
Rodion got it. You're not VBoxing anything here really. As Tapper says this is inappropriate container nesting and should be avoided.
Rodion Bykov wrote on 01/26/102:43 PM
It's wrong 'cause container is used around only one Text control. VBox can be just skipped and it should be.