Hi Cor,
Right. I know all that. The question is why doesn't
stage.addChildAt(customCursor, stage.numChildren);
trigger a RangeError?
Regards,
-Keith
http://keithreinfeld.home.comcast.net
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> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] ComboBox + Custom Cursor , AS3
>
> It is not a bug.
> The displayList stores it objects in a Array, wich starts at 0.
> So Array["obj1","obj2","obj3","obj4"] has 4 children wich are located at
> position 0, 1, 2, 3.
> If you remove a child every other moves up 1 place.
>
> So stage.numChildren is accordingly out of range.
>
> HTH
> C
>
>
>
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> Reinfeld
> Sent: vrijdag 14 november 2008 18:57
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> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] ComboBox + Custom Cursor , AS3
>
> Joel,
>
> Another good optimization point, Joel. If we assume that Karim's custom
> cursor is already a child of the stage, then setChildIndex() should be
> more
> efficient. So I guess it depends on the implementation.
>
> Interestingly,
>
> I get a RangeError with this:
>
> stage.setChildIndex(customCursor, stage.numChildren);
>
> but this works:
>
> stage.setChildIndex(customCursor, stage.numChildren - 1);
>
> However,
>
> stage.addChildAt(customCursor, stage.numChildren);
>
> does not trigger the RangeError, and
>
> stage.addChildAt(customCursor, stage.numChildren - 1);
>
> still produces the desired result.
>
> If this is a bug then 'stage.numChildren - 1' would be the safe way to go.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Keith
> http://keithreinfeld.home.comcast.net
>
>
>
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> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joel Stransky
> > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:25 AM
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> > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] ComboBox + Custom Cursor , AS3
> >
> > Very nice Keith. Wouldn't setChildIndex() work as well? Or is
> addChildAt()
> > better for ensuring that the cursor is added to the display list?
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Keith Reinfeld
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> >
>
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