[FLEX-17549] According to mx:Label, 9 is larger than 99

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK 3.0 (Release)
• Component/s: mx: Label
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 11/Feb/09 13:46
• Updated: 09/May/13 07:57

Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a Label with a text of one character, like "9"

Actual Results:
The measured width is way larger than it should be. For example, Label.text="9" is larger than Label.text="99".

Expected Results:
The measured width should reflect the text value.

Workaround (if any):
Extend Label to override the getMinimumText function, which replaces the client text value by an internal constant string ("Wj") if the client text value is less than two characters long. I can manage to do just that, but since I spent the last hour looking at my own code only to finally figure out that the problem was this Label.getMinimumText thing, I would be delighted to read an explanation about it.