So it is a bug, http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-13227. This seems quite impossible to workaround, as you can't capture any drop location positioning information about the item being dragged/dropped. Any ideas?
JF --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "jmfillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a little complicated to explain, so please bear with me. Run > the example AIR app below, drag the button to see what happens, and > then read on. > > I can't seem to calculate the place where the item was actually > dropped in the Canvas? > I tried calculate the position in the dragDropHandler based on the > canvas mouseY + verticalScrollPosition, but the mouseY position value > oddly gets fixed to the mouse position where the drag started, not > the current mouseY position. > > Is this a bug? > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > layout="absolute" initialize="initApp();"> > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import mx.controls.Button; > > import mx.events.DragEvent; > import mx.core.DragSource; > import mx.managers.DragManager; > > private function initApp():void{ > maximize(); > var myButton:Button = new Button; > myButton.y = 1355; > myButton.x = 60; > myButton.label = "Drag Me"; > myButton.addEventListener > (MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, mouseMoveHandler,false,0,true); > myDropCanvas.addChild(myButton); > myDropCanvas.verticalScrollPosition = > 1255; > } > private function mouseMoveHandler > (event:MouseEvent):void { > if (event.currentTarget is Button){ > var myProxy:Button = > event.currentTarget as Button > var > dragInitiator:Button=Button(event.currentTarget); > var ds:DragSource = new > DragSource(); > ds.addData > (dragInitiator,"dragAppt"); > DragManager.doDrag > (dragInitiator, ds, event, myProxy, 0, 0,1.0,true); > txtDragMouseY.text = > myDropCanvas.mouseY.toString(); > } > trace ("Mouse Move Trace: " + > myDropCanvas.mouseY); > } > private function dragEnterHandler > (event:DragEvent):void{ > if (event.dragSource.hasFormat("dragAppt")) > { > DragManager.acceptDragDrop(Canvas > (event.currentTarget)); > } > } > > private function dragDropHandler > (event:DragEvent):void{ > Button(event.dragInitiator).y = Canvas > (event.currentTarget).mouseY; > trace ("Drag Drop Trace: " + > myDropCanvas.mouseY); > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> > <mx:Canvas id="myDropCanvas" top="5" bottom="0" width="100%" > verticalScrollPolicy="on" dragEnter="dragEnterHandler(event);" > dragDrop="dragDropHandler(event);" click="trace (stage.mouseY);" > left="180"> > <mx:VRule left="53" top="16" width="5" height="2875" > styleName="gridVerticalLines"/> > </mx:Canvas> > <mx:Label x="0" y="10" text="Canvas Mouse Y During Drag" > fontWeight="bold"/> > <mx:Text left="10" top="36" id="txtDragMouseY"/> > </mx:WindowedApplication> >
