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theButton._width

Description

The floating-point _width property stores a nonnegative number specifying the current width of theButton, in pixels. If theButton has no content, _width is 0. The _width property measures the content of a button as the distance between the leftmost occupied pixel and the rightmost occupied pixel, even if there is empty space between those pixels. By setting _width, we change the size of theButton, affecting all of its states (its Up, Over, and Down frames). Note that the _width of a button can change as it switches between these states.

Button._width is directly analogous to MovieClip._width; see that property entry for full details.

Example

// Check start_btn's width
trace(start_btn._width);
   
// Set start_btn's width to 200
start_btn._width = 200;
   
// Create a text field 10 pixels to the right of start_btn, assuming
// that start_btn's top left corner is at the registration point
start_btn._parent.createTextField("theField_txt",
                                   1,
                                   start_btn._x + start_btn._width + 10,
                                   start_btn._y,
                                   200, 20);
theField_txt.border = true;
theField_txt.text = "Click the button to start.";

See Also

Button._height, MovieClip._width

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