I'm glad it's not just me! So, were you able to get something working for your scenario?
Anyone from the Adobe team want to confirm this and/or offer alternative solutions? thanks, Thunder --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Jason Y. Kwong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've running into this myself right now as well. If you look at the Tree > code, you can see that the "drop parent" is being tracked in the variable > _dropData.parent. It gets calculated in the method updateDropData(). > Unfortunately, both the variable and the method are private, so they're > useless as is (another example of Adobe being overly private, I'm afraid). > I've had to duplicate (and tweak) the updateDropData() method to make use of > the algorithm. The methods getChildIndexInParent() and getChildren() had to > be duplicated as well. > > On 8/18/06, thunderstumpgesatwork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Bump... I'm trying to do similar. Though I need to do it in the > > DragOver event, and determine under which node it is going to be > > dropped. I need to do this because certain places in the tree are > > acceptable places to drop certain items... > > > > I know I can get the "dropIndex" by using the tree function > > "calculateDropIndex" however this is not enough. It simply tells me > > where in the list of displayed nodes it will go. So if the item is > > being placed between the last item in a lower level node and the > > continuation of the next level up, the index is the same, but the > > parent of the ending drop is different. > > > > I can tell the Tree internals are tracking this because the drop > > indicator changes it's horizontal alignment to indicate which level > > it's going in... > > > > Anyone know how to determine the parent node of the indicated drop > > position? > > > > thanks, > > Thunder > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Jonas > > Windey" <jonas@> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a tree with drag & drop enabled. Now what is the best way to > > find out > > > where the current selected item is dropped? > > > > > > I'd need to know its parent (if it's not on the rootnode), and the > > position > > > where it's dropped inside that parent. > > > > > > > > > > > > Or is there an easier way to find the position? Like comparing the > > > dataproviders before & after? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the tips, > > > > > > Jonas > > > > > > > > > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
