This is the code I have in the test application. Maybe someone can spot something I am missing. I have a button that is the drag initiator and 3 group containers (VGroup, HGroup, Group). It can be copied and pasted into a new project.
protected function dragButton_mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void { //var sprite:SpriteVisualElement = new SpriteVisualElement(); var dragSource:DragSource = new DragSource(); var displayIcon:Image; rootDisplayObject = SystemManager.getSWFRoot(this); if (useDragManager) { displayIcon = new Image(); displayIcon.source = "Button.png"; displayIcon.width = 32; displayIcon.height = 32; addEventListener(DragEvent.DRAG_ENTER, dragEnterHandler); addEventListener(DragEvent.DRAG_OVER, dragOverHandler); addEventListener(DragEvent.DRAG_DROP, dragDropHandler); event.currentTarget.addEventListener(DragEvent.DRAG_COMPLETE, dragCompleteHandler); DragManager.doDrag(dragLabel, dragSource, event, displayIcon, 0, 0, 1); } } private function dragEnterHandler(event:DragEvent):void { //var pointTarget:Array = systemManager.getObjectsUnderPoint(new Point(event.stageX, event.stageY)); DragManager.acceptDragDrop(this); trace("DRAG ENTER"); } protected function dragOverHandler(event:Event):void { targetCandidate = event.target as FlexSprite; nameLabel.text = NameUtil.getUnqualifiedClassName(targetCandidate); /* if (targetCandidate is UIComponent && !("hostComponent" in targetCandidate)) { nameLabel.text = NameUtil.getUnqualifiedClassName(targetCandidate); } else if (targetCandidate && targetCandidate.parent is UIComponent) { nameLabel.text = NameUtil.getUnqualifiedClassName(targetCandidate.parent); } */ trace("DRAG MOVE"); //nameLabel.text = NameUtil.getUnqualifiedClassName(targetCandidate); } protected function dragDropHandler(event:DragEvent):void { var pointTarget:Array = systemManager.getObjectsUnderPoint(new Point(event.stageX, event.stageY)); var length:int = pointTarget.length; var label:Label; var point:Point; trace("DRAG DROP"); removeDragListeners(); for (var i:int=length-1;i>-1;i--) { trace(pointTarget[i]); if (pointTarget[i] is GroupBase && !("hostComponent" in pointTarget[i])) { targetCandidate = pointTarget[i]; break; } } if (targetCandidate) { label = new Label(); label.setStyle("backgroundColor", 0x424242);; label.setStyle("color", 0xFFFFFF);; label.setStyle("verticalAlign", "middle");; label.setStyle("textAlign", "center"); label.text = ""; label.width = 120; label.height = 34; targetCandidate.addElement(label); point = label.globalToContent(new Point(event.stageX, event.stageY)); label.x = point.x+dragOffset; label.y = point.y+dragOffset; label.text = NameUtil.getUnqualifiedClassName(targetCandidate); } } <s:HGroup horizontalCenter="0" top="50"> <s:Group height="100%" > <s:Label id="dragLabel" text="Drag me" color="0xFFFFFF" textAlign="center" verticalAlign="middle" fontWeight="bold" height="34" width="120" verticalCenter="0" backgroundColor="0x424242" mouseDown="dragButton_mouseDownHandler(event)"/> </s:Group> <s:BorderContainer width="400" top="50" right="50" color="#ffffff" backgroundColor="0xe6e6e6"> <s:layout> <s:VerticalLayout/> </s:layout> <s:Label text="Group" backgroundColor="0" backgroundAlpha=".5" width="100%" height="24"/> <s:Group width="100%" height="160"> <s:Rect width="100%" height="100%"> <s:fill> <s:SolidColor color="0x554422" alpha=".3"/> </s:fill> </s:Rect> </s:Group> <s:Label text="VGroup" backgroundColor="0" backgroundAlpha=".5" width="100%" height="24"/> <s:VGroup width="100%" height="160"> <s:Rect width="100%" height="100%"> <s:fill> <s:SolidColor color="0x554422" alpha=".3"/> </s:fill> </s:Rect> </s:VGroup> <s:Label text="HGroup" backgroundColor="0" backgroundAlpha=".5" width="100%" height="24"/> <s:HGroup width="100%" height="160"> <s:Rect width="100%" height="100%"> <s:fill> <s:SolidColor color="0x554422" alpha=".3"/> </s:fill> </s:Rect> </s:HGroup> </s:BorderContainer> </s:HGroup> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 12:01 AM, dorkie dork from dorktown < dorkiedorkfromdorkt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to use drag and drop into a hgroup, vgroup and group but the > getObjectsUnderPoint is not detecting it! > > This is an example, > > <group width=200 height=50> > <button width=100> > </group> > > > If you move the mouse over the button you will get the button and the group > in the objects under point array. But if you move the mouse pointer to the > right of the button but still within the group area you won't get the > group!?! I have to get the group. What am I doing wrong? > > >