[FLEX-28871] mx:Container clipContent does not work properly when changed during run time in ActionScript

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK 4.5.1 (Release)
• Component/s: mx: General
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Browser: Firefox 3.x; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 23/Oct/11 12:35
• Updated: 24/Oct/11 01:24

Description

Steps to reproduce:

Test-cases:

• Test A:
• open the ContainerClipBug app
• click the "move left" button
• [Error] you can see that only the top orange box will be clipped

• Test B:
• open the ContainerClipBug app
• click the "move left" button
• [Error] you can see that the top orange box will be clipped
• click clipContent = false
• click clipContent = true
• both orange boxed will be clipped now

• Test C:
• open the ContainerClipBug app
• click the "move left" button
• [Error] you can see that the top orange box will be clipped
• click clipContent = false
• click clipContent = true
• both orange boxed will be clipped now
• click "move center"
• click clipContent = false
• click clipContent = true
• click "move left"
• [Error] you can see that both orange boxed are NOT clipped

Actual Results:

• clipping doesn't work as expected

Expected Results:

• clipping should work as expected!!!

Workaround (if any):

• init the orange box with a negative x / y value (see source code)
• or init another box outside the view (with negative values)

The http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-14958 should be the same problem, but in the SDK-14958 is talking about Canvas and this is about Container! I know Canvas extends Container, so the problem already exists in the mx:Container and not only in the mx:Canvas!