If you skim over to the Adobe Flex 2 General discussion forum. Peter Ent just showed me how to get this working.
Easy too. hth kimb --- In [email protected], "kim_boulton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > Me too! > > kimb > > --- In [email protected], "Niklas Richardson" > <flexcoldfusion@> wrote: > > > > Hi there, > > > > Could you post your example code as I'm just trying to sort this out > myself > > and running into the same problem. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Regards > > > > Niklas > > > > > > > > > > On 8/21/06, Jason Y. Kwong <inlineblue@> wrote: > > > > > > I had posted a request to Adobe's wish form, asking that the > drop data > > > be made available. I got a very quick response (within 10 minutes!): > > > > > > "Yes, we discovered this very soon after shipping that this data > should > > > have been exposed. We have a bug for this already logged > internally, so > > > we will work on fixing it for the future. For now, I think you > will have > > > to rewrite your own updateDropData function, which is unfortunate." > > > > > > So I'll have to stick with my original plan of duplicating a few > methods > > > (as stated in my original post). > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/21/06, thunderstumpgesatwork <thunder.stumpges@> wrote: > > > > > > > > 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 [email protected] > <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Jason > > > > Y. Kwong" <inlineblue@> > > > > > > > > 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 <thunder.stumpges@> 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 [email protected] > <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><flexcoders%40yahoog > > > > roups.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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Niklas Richardson > > Prismix Ltd > > > > UK based Flex and ColdFusion Specialists > > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! 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