The DragManager's purpose is to allow drag/drop functionality for moving data around, not for just moving components from place to place. That is probably why you are having such a time with it. The DragManager use's a DragProxy which is basically a snapshot of what you want to move/drag, but it is not the original you are moving.
Here's a quick sample that will let you drag the original component (a small red box) around and drop it onto two seperate canvases. Whichever canvas gets dropped onto changes to green. Hope this helps you out. <?xml version="1.0" ?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="absolute" creationComplete="init();"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.core.IFlexDisplayObject; import mx.core.UIComponent; import flash.events.MouseEvent; private var curParent: UIComponent; private var app: UIComponent private function init() { app = UIComponent(Application.application); } private function handleStartDrag(event:MouseEvent):void { var target: UIComponent = UIComponent(event.target); //remove the target from whatever parent it is in curParent = UIComponent(target.parent); curParent.removeChild(target); var p:Point = new Point(target.x, target.y); p = curParent.localToGlobal(p); //adjust the x/y to the main app coordinates target.x = p.x; target.y = p.y; //add target to the main root to avoid depth problems app.addChild(target); target.startDrag(false); } private function handleStopDrag(event:MouseEvent):void { //need to check against dropTarget.parent because it is picking up the border var dropTarget: UIComponent = UIComponent(event.target.dropTarget.parent); var target: UIComponent = UIComponent(event.target); if (curParent == box1_cv || curParent == box2_cv){ curParent.setStyle('backgroundColor', '#CCCCCC'); } if (dropTarget == box1_cv || dropTarget == box2_cv){ dropTarget.setStyle('backgroundColor', '#00ff00'); } //remove from application root app.removeChild(target); var p:Point = new Point(target.x, target.y); p = app.localToGlobal(p); //adjust the x/y to the main app coordinates target.x = p.x - dropTarget.x; target.y = p.y - dropTarget.y; dropTarget.addChild(target); target.stopDrag(); } ]]> </mx:Script> <!-- Canvas drop target --> <mx:Canvas id="box1_cv" backgroundColor="#CCCCCC" width="100" height="100" /> <!-- Canvas drop target --> <mx:Canvas id="box2_cv" backgroundColor="#CCCCCC" width="100" height="100" x="400" /> <!-- The canvas being dragged --> <mx:Canvas id="drag_cv" backgroundColor="#ff0000" height="50" width="50" x="200" y="200" mouseDown="handleStartDrag(event);" mouseUp="handleStopDrag(event);"/> </mx:Application> Good luck Derrick -------------------------- Derrick Grigg [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.dgrigg.com -- 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/
