I would recommend adding a button to your app that, when you click the button, picks the y value off a component and sets verticalScrollPosition to it. If that works then you have a timing problem with invalidation and validation. If not, post that example. -Alex
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 9:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [flexcoders] "y" value of UIComponents added inside of VBox Yes the y coordinated is coming back as number 0, yes you understood. I would like to set a Panel verticalScrollBarPosition according to the y coordinate of any UIComponent selected inside of Panel container. I'm trying validateNow and validateDisplayList, no luck yet. I will keep tooling around. You are welcome to add more suggestions. --Keith H-- > I think the verticalScrollPosition property is actually a direct > mapping to > the top viewable y pixel location so you should be able to set the > locationby setting verticalScrollPosition to the y coordinate. I'm > not sure what > you mean by you "only get 0 for each UIComponent." If you mean > that the y > coordinate is coming back as 0, then you querying the coordinate > before it's > been set. Calling validateDisplayList() or validateNow() should > fix that > problem if you're not calling it from inside createChildren(). > Tell me if I > misunderstood you and I'll try again. > > - Dan Freiman > > On 02 Apr 2007 05:48:45 -0700, keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:khair%40nc.rr.com> > wrote: > > > > Goal: > > I want to make my verticalScrollBar scroll to the Y position of the > > Selected UIComponent in the Flex application. > > > > Problem: > > When using addChild to add UIComponents to a VBox container I'm I > only> get 0 for each UIComponent placed in a row down the VBox > container.> Maybe there is a easier way to get the > verticalScrollBar to scroll to > > the selected UIComponent's y coordinate? > > > > -- Keith H -- > > > > > > >
