Thank you all - I was missing the addChild() concept. Works like a charm.
--- In [email protected], "Dustin Mercer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The addChild method of Panel is what you need. Here is a quick (non > tested, on the fly, don't take literal) example, but It should get you > on the right path. > > > > <mx:Script> > > <![CDATA[ > > Private function addPanelChild() : void { > > var button : Button = new Button(); > > button.label = "test"; > > testPanel.addChild(button); > > } > > ]]> > > </mx:Script> > > > > <mx:Button label="test" click="addPanelChild();" /> > > > > <mx:Panel id="testPanel"> > > </mx:Panel> > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of jack_freud > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 11:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Dynamically adding components to a panel? > > > > I'm still very new to Flex so what I thought should be hard is easy and > what I thought should be easy is hard! > > I'm trying to find out how, to make an easy example, by pressing a > button, another new button would appear in the panel. > > Ultimately I want to make a kind of toolbar or palette, where I could > drag a shape from the palette into the workspace, and a copy of that > shape would remain where I performed the drop. > > I can't find any examples that do anything like this. > > Thanks for anyone's help or direction. > -- 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
