this is a shameless plug but what the hell. You could certainly look at the dNdLib for some guidance in dragging and dropping content.
http://code.google.com/p/flex-drag-n-drop-lib/ --- In [email protected], "Nick Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got it working... you have to make sure there is a background, which > can just have it's alpha set to 0, but it needs to be there for the > component to register the event. > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, this is just a quick stab at your problem: maybe have the parent > > component that gets fired up or excited by the event do some 'hit testing' > > on it's children, and do some sort of further dispatch or signalling from > > there to the appropriate child component. > > > > I haven't noticed a 'z-order' property on the Flex components, but I would > > have though that would be what was needed to bring components to the 'top' > > or 'front'... maybe the alpha value puts a wonkiness into that. The hit > > test would have to be shared in proportion to the alpha channel value.... > > no? > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > > now.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ> > > > > >

