Creating multi-line data grid rows with variable row heights
The following example show how to set up a DataGrid control to word wrap certain data grid columns, and allow each row to have a variable row height, depending on the amount of text in each row:
mxml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/23/creating-multi-line-data-grid-rows-with-variable-row-heights/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" backgroundColor="white" layout="vertical">
<mx:Array id="arr">
<mx:Object articleName="Finding out a characters Unicode character code" data="15" />
<mx:Object articleName="Setting an icon in an Alert control" data="14" />
<mx:Object articleName="Setting an icon in a Button control" data="13" />
<mx:Object articleName="Installing the latest nightly Flex 3 SDK build into Flex Builder 3" data="10" />
<mx:Object articleName="Detecting which button a user pressed to dismiss an Alert dialog" data="9" />
<mx:Object articleName="Using the Alert control" data="8" />
<mx:Object articleName="Formatting data tips in a Slider" data="7" />
<mx:Object articleName="Downloading the latest Adobe Labs version of Flex 3 SDK/Flex Builder 3 (codename: Moxie)" data="6" />
</mx:Array>
<mx:ArrayCollection id="arrColl" source="{arr}" />
<mx:DataGrid id="dataGrid" dataProvider="{arrColl}" variableRowHeight="true" width="100%" height="100%">
<mx:columns>
<mx:DataGridColumn id="articleName" dataField="articleName" headerText="Name of the article in question" wordWrap="true" />
<mx:DataGridColumn id="data" dataField="data" headerText="ID of the article" />
</mx:columns>
</mx:DataGrid>
</mx:Application>