I am hoping another set of eyes will catch my error, explain the behavior, or confirm this just isn't right. Coordinates do not seem to update when objects in a VBox are moved due to the resizing of one of the contents:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" backgroundColor="white" layout="absolute" updateComplete="initializeLayout()"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ private var uninitialized:Boolean = true; private function initializeLayout():void { if (uninitialized) { trace("Button X = " + btnX.localToGlobal(new Point(0, 0))); //x=0, y=0 trace("Button Y = " + btnY.localToGlobal(new Point(0, 0))); //x=0, y=25 trace("Button Z = " + btnZ.localToGlobal(new Point(0, 0))); //x=0, y=50 btnX.height = 200; //Shifts Buttons Y and Z down. trace("Button X = " + btnX.localToGlobal(new Point(0, 0))); //x=0, y=0; no change trace("Button Y = " + btnY.localToGlobal(new Point(0, 0))); //Should be x=0, y=200; I get x=0, y=25 trace("Button Z = " + btnZ.localToGlobal(new Point(0, 0))); //Should be x=0, y=225; I get x=0, y=50 uninitialized = false; } } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:VBox id="box" verticalGap="0"> <mx:Button id="btnX" label="Button X" height="25"/> <mx:Button id="btnY" label="Button Y" height="25"/> <mx:Button id="btnZ" label="Button Z" height="25"/> </mx:VBox> </mx:WindowedApplication>

