how to center align a button in a hbox in flex?

Question

I have a VBox inside which I have 4 HBoxes. The second level HBox is initially hidden. When I click the label, 'Show more Options', the second level HBox is displayed. Now I have the space occupied by the 'second level HBOx' empty and the 'search' button appaers below the space.

My first question is, Is there a way to position the Search Button in such a way that, the space is not there and after the 'Show more Options' label is clicked, the 'Second Level HBox' appears?

And the second question is, Can I position the Search Button at the center of the page. Is there any method to center the contents of a HBox of a VBox?

This is my code:

<mx:Form x="47" y="219" width="80%" >


<mx:VBox id="searchBox" >
    <mx:HBox id="searchTitle"  width="100%" height="20" backgroundColor="#2680D5">
        <mx:Label text="Search Criteria" paddingRight="250" width="654.6212" height="18.030302"/>
         <mx:Label text="show more options" id="moreOption"  click="showOption(event)" width="127.045456" height="21.969696"/>

    </mx:HBox>

    <mx:HBox id="firstLevel" paddingBottom="10" paddingTop="15" >

        <mx:Label text="Task Name" paddingLeft="20"/>
        <mx:TextInput id="searchTaskName" paddingLeft="10" /> 

        <mx:Label text="Item Code"  paddingLeft="30"/>
        <mx:TextInput id="searchItemCode" paddingLeft="10"/>

        <mx:Label text="Task Type" paddingLeft="30"/>
        <mx:ComboBox id="searchTaskType" paddingLeft="10"/> 
    </mx:HBox>

    <mx:HBox id="secondLevel" visible="false" paddingTop="5">

        <mx:Label text="Task ID" paddingLeft="20" />
        <mx:TextInput id="searchTaskId" paddingLeft="10"/>



        <mx:Label text="Project Won" paddingLeft="30"/>
        <mx:ComboBox id="searchWon" paddingLeft="10"/>
    </mx:HBox>


    <mx:HBox>
        <mx:Button label="Search"  />
    </mx:HBox> 


</mx:VBox>

Answer 1

To center stuff inside a HBox, add the following attribute to the box in question,

horizontalAlign="center" width="100%"

As for the empty space created by invisible boxes (HBox or VBox), I dont know if there is any way, but I find myself adding this attribute to the invisible box,

height="{secondLevel.visible ? 200 : 0}"

Hope that helps