Try myPanel.owner
On 6/9/10 8:23 AM, "bhaq1972" <[email protected]> wrote: I added a Panel component into a NavigatorContent public function aMethod():void { var nc:NavigatorContent = new NavigatorContent(); nc.addElement(myPanel); } Now, in another method I want to access this NavigatorContent eg public function anotherMethod(myPanel:Panel):void { var nc:NavigatorContent = myPanel.parent as NavigatorContent; however nc is not myPanel.parent. doing a trace, the navigatorContent is actually the myPanel.parent.parent.parent Is there not a property/method which gets me a reference to the element Parent (a bit like addChild() / parent relationship) -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe System, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

