--- In [email protected], "Merrill, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>You can draw those graphics in a UIComponent so I would > >>have grouphandle subclass UIComponent and not Sprite. > > Thanks Alex, I tried that, but still no joy, AND the graphics don't render now either for some strange reason. All I did is change my previously posted code to: public class GroupHandle extends UIComponent (and I also imported UIComponent of course). Here is the class, still not showing the image. Thanks for any further help you can provide: > > package com.venice.view.network.groupingTool > { > import mx.controls.Image; > import mx.core.UIComponent; > > public class GroupHandle extends UIComponent > { > public const FILL_COLOR:uint = 0xffffff; > public const FILL_ALPHA:Number = .5; > public const STROKE_COLOR:uint = 0x000000; > public const STROKE_THICKNESS:Number = 1; > public const STROKE_ALPHA:Number = 1.0; > public const SIZE:Number = 10; > > [Embed(source = "/media/icons/control_repeat_blue.png")] > private var _moveGroupImage:Class; > > public function GroupHandle():void > { > graphics.clear(); > graphics.lineStyle(STROKE_THICKNESS, STROKE_COLOR, STROKE_ALPHA); > graphics.beginFill(FILL_COLOR, FILL_ALPHA); > graphics.drawRect(-(SIZE/2), -(SIZE/2), SIZE/2, SIZE/2); > graphics.endFill(); > > var icon:Image = new Image(); > icon.source = _moveGroupImage; > icon.setActualSize(100, 100) > addChild(icon); > } > } > }
Have you tried overriding the addChildren() method? Possibly it might make sense to do the addChild in commitProperties and the layout in updateDisplayList. Just a thought; Amy
