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Last week, I showcased an idea of Flash layout organizers (source code is coming), that acts loosely the same as Flex containers. I have already started to use this basic idea and it has so far worked out very nicely for me. After posting my little experiment, I instantly thought of mashing up the layout organizer experiment with the Flash video sampler experiment I did a couple months back. The current example of bringing the two together is overly simplistic to better give the idea of what is happening, but I can already see tremendous potential for fun with this technique.

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I have been playing with different layout configurations lately and, after seeing the advantages/disadvantages of Flex layouts, I decided to work on this experiment. Flex layouts are great because they allow easy visual organization of elements in containers. The problem with that is once an element is in a container, it cannot easily and flexibly change its layout position. For instance, a grid cannot really turn into a HBox and definitely cannot turn into more alternative layouts (such as a circular or random layout). I decided to make some Actionscript classes that would virtually mangage layouts - no containers, just managers. Meaning you subscribe an element to a layout (or multiple layouts) and they can be put into their correct layout position (or taken away) since they act independently.

(more…)actionscript, actionscript 3, as3, containers, element, elements, flash, independently, layouts, layout configurations, layout position, organizers, random layout, sprites, swf visual organization

Another late collection of good design. I am back-dating this post to keep cohesion and I will continue to work on getting the collection out earlier. Nonetheless, there are some great links here worthy of your clicking.

Enjoy the links.
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