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h2. Xrope: Simple layout library for native as3 display objects.

"Demo":http://evancoding.com/xrope/index.html#DemoLink

h3. Features

• For native as3 display objects. No Flex or any other dependency.
• AtomLayout align DisplayObject using getBounds(). No worries about register point in FLA. (Set useBounds to true, it's false by default)
• Easily composite layout elements/groups. No more DisplayObjectContainer needed.

h3. How to use

• Create a layout group which implements ILayoutGroup and set layout properties.
• Add some display objects or other ILayoutElement to the group.
• Call the layout() method of the group.

h3. Layout groups ("AsDoc":http://evancoding.com/xrope/doc/index.html)

• HFillLineLayout - Horizontal single line fill layout. (new)
• VFillLineLayout - Vertical single line fill layout. (new)
• HLineLayout - Horizontal single line flow layout.
• VLineLayout - Vertical single line flow layout.
• HMultiLineLayout - Horizontal multi-line layout.
• VMultiLineLayout - Vertical multi-line layout.
• HBoxLayout - Horizontal box layout.
• VBoxLayout - Vertical box layout.
• AlignLayout - Align position group layout.
• GridLayout - Grid layout.

Note difference between MultiLineLayout and BoxLayout: Lines in MultiLineLayout has the same height as the lineHeight property, while height of lines in HBoxLayout according to the max height of elements in each line.