I'm no expert in states and transitions but as I understand it you define states if you want to add or remove children from a component, change properties etc. The transitions define any animations that take place going from one state to another.
Just taking a quick look at your MXML below I'm not sure you want the AddChild, RemoveChild and SetProperty tags in your sequence tag. I believe only effect tags should go there... Might want to have another look at the documentation http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/html/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/ww help.htm?context=LiveDocs_Book_Parts&file=tutorial_states_022_6.html --- In [email protected], "dorkie dork from dorktown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I'm trying to understand how transitions relate to states and I don't really > get it. I've been through the docs but it still is not clear to me. For > example, what does the "Action" mean? Are transitions supposed to be some > sort of ordering mechanism? I have taken some code from the documentation > and modified it here: > > <mx:states> > <mx:State name="menuTop"> > <mx:SetProperty target="{linkBarNav}" name="visible" > value="false"/> > <mx:SetProperty target="{menu}" name="y" value="43"/> > <mx:SetProperty target="{linkBarNav}" name="y" value="- 1"/> > </mx:State> > </mx:states> > > <mx:transitions> > <!-- Define the transition from the base state to the menuTop > state.--> > <!-- I want to move menu and link bar up and then reveal linkbar. > menu is visible all the time.--> > <mx:Transition id="menuTopTransition" fromState="*" > toState="menuTop"> > <mx:Sequence targets="{[menu, linkBarNav]}"> > <mx:RemoveChildAction/> > <mx:SetPropertyAction target="{menu}" name="visible"/> > <mx:Move duration="300" targets="{[menu, linkBarNav]}"/> > <mx:WipeRight duration="200" target="{linkBarNav}"/> > <mx:AddChildAction/> > </mx:Sequence> > </mx:Transition> > </mx:transitions> >
