Hi Gordon - Not only does that make sense, but it has the aded benefit of working. Thank you!
ethan > > If you're trying to get the global coords of the upper-left corner of > event.currentTarget, you would do > > > > var myPoint:Point = event.currentTarget.localToGlobal(new Point(0, > 0)); > > > > because in the coordinate system of event.currentTarget, it's upper-left > corner is at (0, 0); (event.currentTarget.x, event.currentTarget.y) is > the position of currentTarget's upper-left corner in the coordinate > system of currentTarget's parent. > > > > Gordon Smith > > Adobe Flex SDK Team > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ethan Miller > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Problems with localToGlobal > > > > Greetings - > > I'm using the localToGlobal method but getting impossible > values returned. My app is 1280 wide but converting an > object whose local x is 604 is returning a global x of 1535...?? > > Here's the function in question, the function is called by rolling > over buttons in an HBox: > > private function showTip(text:String, offset:int, event:Object):void { > var myPoint:Point = new Point(event.currentTarget.x, > event.currentTarget.y); > myPoint = event.currentTarget.localToGlobal(myPoint); > var myTip:ToolTip = ToolTipManager.createToolTip( > text, myPoint.x+offset, > myPoint.y-32) as ToolTip; > } > > Any help, much appreciated! > > cheers, ethan >
