Flex keeps every display object off the stage until fully baked (applicationComplete event). It speeds up initialization a bit. During that time, any UIComponent hooked up to the Application in some way can get to the stage via systemManager.stage
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Hoff Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 10:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Accessing Stage from Class If your class is a component, you may have to listen for the ADDED_TO_STAGE event, before you can reference the stage and add things like keyboard event listeners: public function MyComponentClass() { super(); addEventListener( Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, onAddedToStage ); } -TH --- In [email protected], "valdhor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Stage object is not globally accessible. You need to access it > through the stage property of a DisplayObject instance. > > If your class has access to a DisplayObject use it. Else, pass it. > > > > --- In [email protected], "Dale Fraser" dale@ wrote: > > > > I have several classes that need access to the stage. > > > > > > > > How can classes access the stage, do I need to pass it, or is there > a built > > in method. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Dale Fraser > > >
