Comments on: Absolute Positioning in Your Application’s Main MXML File http://userflex.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/absolute-layout-main-mxml/ Tasty tidbits of Flex knowledge Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:27:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Nick Schneble http://userflex.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/absolute-layout-main-mxml/#comment-18 Nick Schneble Thu, 22 May 2008 23:06:53 +0000 http://userflex.wordpress.com/?p=23#comment-18 Nice tip! Nice tip!

]]> By: Tony Fendall http://userflex.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/absolute-layout-main-mxml/#comment-17 Tony Fendall Thu, 22 May 2008 21:32:19 +0000 http://userflex.wordpress.com/?p=23#comment-17 The Flex Docs do mention that there is a default top and bottom padding on the Application class of 24. However, the docs also say that the default left and right padding is 0. http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/core/Application.html An easy fix is to set styleName="plain" on your Application tag. This sets the padding to 0 on all sides, the background color to white, and the alignment to 'left'. The Flex Docs do mention that there is a default top and bottom padding on the Application class of 24. However, the docs also say that the default left and right padding is 0.
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/core/Application.html

An easy fix is to set styleName=”plain” on your Application tag. This sets the padding to 0 on all sides, the background color to white, and the alignment to ‘left’.

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