Thank you everyone who helped me out! currentTarget on the event object definitely gets me the right reference.
Cheers, Mark --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Iko Knyphausen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here is a little example... watch the control walk the walk while you are > typing... > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="absolute"> > > <mx:Script> > > <![CDATA[ > > import flash.events.Event; > > > > public function myChangeHandler (e:Event) : void > > { > > e.currentTarget.x +=10; > > } > > ]]> > > </mx:Script> > > <mx:TextInput x="27" y="27" text="" change="myChangeHandler(event)"/> > > </mx:Application> > > > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mark Piller > Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 6:18 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] refering to an MXML element in an event handler > > > > Suppose I have the following MXML declaration: > > <mx:Canvas id="id0" x="37" y="41" > > <mx:Text x="25" y="10" text="Some Text" added="addLabel(this)" /> > </mx:Canvas> > > Notice in the "added" handler I use "this" hoping that the scope of > "this" is the actual Text element. My thinking is incorrect and the > debugger shows that "this" refers to the top level container (the one > defined in the same MXML page). So my question is: is there a way to > refer to that Text element *without* assigning an id to it. I assume > the following would work, but it is really not ideal for my use-case: > > <mx:Canvas id="id0" x="37" y="41" > > <mx:Text id="myText" x="25" y="10" text="Some Text" > added="addLabel(myText)" /> > </mx:Canvas> > > Thanks, > Mark > -- 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/
