Could be the containers I am using but that is not what I am seeing.
Rich --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The area drawn inside a UIComponent doesn't have to be rectangular, we > just track everything by its bounding box. > > > > If you drew a circle in there, it would only get mouse events on the > pixels in the circle, anything below would get the events in the > non-drawn area. > > > > However, there is a hitTestPoint method. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of richmcgillicuddy > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 7:20 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Hittest for polygon UI Component > > > > I have a series of objects that extend a UI Component and I correctly > draw a list of polypoints in the UIcomponent. I use the UIComponent > for the tooltips, mouse events and some other stuff. My probably is > that ultimately UIComponent is a rectangle. is there a different base > component I should use or is there a way for me to do a hittest on > mouse events to say whether the mouse is in/out of the component? > > Rich >