I finally found an almost acceptible approach to centering content (vertical and horizontal) with CSS, cross browser, without knowing the dimensions of the element that needs centered...
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Cross-Browser Css Centering Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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Aviary... WOW! Thursday, March 05, 2009
I'm sure many of you have already seen Aviary. But for anyone who hasn't, it's a must-see RIA. Aviary is an amazing set of creative tools built with Adobe Flex...
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The Flash ScrollPane Component Sunday, March 01, 2009
I wish I had a dime for every flash forum post I have seen where the user was asking for very basic usage of the Flash ScrollPane component. I think at least some of the confusion stems from the differences between the version 1 component and the version 2 component. In v1 you could set the content to a movieclip that was already on the stage. In v2 you have to use either an external asset or a movieclip that is in the LIBRARY. You use the linkage id of that movieclip as the contentPath of the scrollpane.
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Flash ListBox Alternative Sunday, March 01, 2009
The ListBox Component that comes with Flash can be handy, but it has some shortcomings that limit its usefulness. For example, the scrolling logic causes items to reload each time they come into view. If you are loading external content, this causes a bothersome blinking effect. Also the CellRenderer API is a little difficult to work with for some folks. So, I put together some ActionsScript 2 classes that use the scrollpane component to build a scrolling list of items. It works similar to a ListBox component but with some additional functionality and without all these problems...
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