Thanks for the help. I had tried localToGlobal, but I guess only on the parent containers but not on the button itself.
This had led to a new problem, however... the resulting coordinates are not correct if I try and find them any time during the creation/initialization process. Even if finding the coordinates is the absolute last thing I do after creating all the components, adding them all as children, etc., the resulting coordinates do not correctly correspond to the actual button positions. Is there any way to fix this so I can find the coordinates as part of the initialization process? Thanks! --- In [email protected], "luvfotography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, try looking at the localToGlobal method: > Converts a Point object from the local coordinate system to the > global coordinate system. > > > > --- In [email protected], "derelkington" > <derek.shockey+y@> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, I'm having trouble trying to find the x,y-coordinate > position of components > > within my application. I'm a brand new Flex developer with > experience in Java, C, Python, > > PHP, ColdFusion, etc. but no experience with Flash or ActionScript. > > > > In short, my question is: is there an easy way to find the location > of a component within > > the window? I have a number of buttons added programatically whose > .x and .y properties > > are all just 0. It seems like this should be a simple task, but I > have tried for hours and > > failed. > > > > The situation in detail is this: > > In my MXML, I have defined a Grid inside of my Application. The Grid > is placed with > > horizontalCenter=0 and paddingTop=50. Inside of the grid is a > GridRow containing an > > empty GridItem. Upon creationComplete of the Application, a function > is called which > > instantiates a subclass of Tile, and adds it to the empty GridItem > with addChild. In > > addition, the Tile subclass has a constructor which creates and > places a number of > > buttons inside the Tile. (There are also other rows and items in the > Grid containing some > > other components.) > > > > So in essence the structure is: Application -> Grid -> GridRow -> > GridItem -> Tile -> > > Buttons. > > > > This all looks just the way I want it to and functions fine, except > I am unable to find the > > location coordinates of the Buttons. All of the buttons as well as > the Tile itself have x and y > > as 0. I have tried using the localToGlobal to convert, but this > doesn't work since the > > buttons don't even have an x,y relative to the parent, they simply > have an x,y of 0. > > > > I feel like someone may want to know why I need the position of the > button. The specific > > answer is that I want to place a series of additional labels on top > of it, but the general > > answer is that it just seems like something a developer should be > able to do when working > > with a GUI. > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks. > > >
