Item display box with dynamic size adjustment

[ArenaFlash]

I'm looking for suggestions.

Like in many games (diablo, wow, etc.) when the player mouse over an item, a box with a black fill will display the item attributes. That box grow automatically taller when the item has more magical properties.



How would you do this mechanic with AS3 or CS4/CS5?

[ArenaFlash]

takes a while to get a reply :/

[Draxus]

I'd probably store all item data in an array with each element representing a single property and then let's say you know each line needs 5 pixels, draw the box like:

graphics.drawRect(0,0,100,yourarray.length * 5)

Where 100 is whatever width you need. This of course only works if you don't need dynamic width and each property only occupies one line.

[ArenaFlash]

And how would you work with the textfields? Also there is a description textfield which can be between 1 and 4 lines.

[mr_malee]

put items into a container.
take the height of the container sprite and draw a rectangle behind it.