fixed row width in DataGrid quirk

Question

I've got this issue: I've got a dataGrid where whenever I set the column to not be resizable, the width gets messed up;

works:

var myCol:DataGridColumn = new DataGridColumn("Title");
myCol.width = 180;

doesn't work (width is about 40pixels):

var myCol:DataGridColumn = new DataGridColumn("Title");
myCol.width = 180;
myCol.resizable = false;

has anyone come across this or know why this is happening?

I'm ready to just create my own dataGrid class now...

Answer 1

One thing that has helped us in the past : Before you set any width on a datagrid column, set the horizontalScrollPolicy to "on". You can set it back to "off" or "auto" after you set the width.

See this: Flex 3 DataGrid Column Width Problem