A display object can only have a single parent, so you will have to have two instances.
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 3:31 PM, blc187 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to attach a displayobject to more than one container? > I have a canvas that I instantiated and drew onto, but I want to attach > it onto two separate containers without having 2 separate instances of > it. > > When I do this: > > var obj:MyCanvas = new MyCanvas(); > container1.addChild(obj); > container2.addChild(obj); > > it only shows up as attached to the second container. > How can I attach it to two without having to instantiate two versions > of it? > > >

