When to DataGrid and when not too!

Posted At : May 16, 2007 4:41 PM | Posted By : Brian Szoszorek
Related Categories: General,Rich Internet Applications,Adobe FLEX

This week I saw an implementation using a DataGrid that was way overkill. I MEAN WAY WAY OVERKILL!

In short, I thought I would list when NOT to use a datagrid.

Per the Adobe Flex docs here is the use for a datagrid.

The DataGrid control is intended for viewing data, and not as a layout tool like an HTML table. The mx.containers package provides those layout tools.

In short, a developer was using a DataGrid as a way to list visual objects in vertical order. Basically they were using a DataGrid as a VBox.

It even increased the size of the SWF by 40k compared to using a VBox.

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