See #1 in Gordon's response.
-TH
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "timgerr" wrote:
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> What is the best way to check if it is a panel?
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> timgerr
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> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Gordon Smith wrote:
> >
> > 1. if (dragEvent.currentTarget is Panel)
> >
> > 2. currentTarget is generically typed as Object, which doesn't have an
> > addChild() method. But if you have already checked that the dropTarget is a
> > Panel, it's safe to do a cast:
> >
> > Panel(dragEvent.currentTarget).addChild(...);
> >
> > Gordon Smith
> > Adobe Flex SDK Team
> >
> > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of timgerr
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 12:01 PM
> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [flexcoders] Question about getting the type of item / component
> > with drag and drop
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello all,
> > I have been tasked with creating a menu that gets build with drag and drop
> > components. I have followed this tutorial
> > (http://www.flexafterdark.com/tutorials/Flex-Drag-and-Drop) and have
> > learned a lot.
> >
> > I have a few questions to get to the next stage so I will ask a few
> > questions.
> >
> > 1. When I drop (or drag over) an item like a panel, how can I tell what
> > that UIComponent is, how can I tell that is a panel?
> >
> > 2. How can I get that panel as an object so I can do something like
> > panelid.addChild(new dropped item)?
> >
> > Thanks for the read,
> > timgerr
> >
> > Here is the code that I have from the tutorial.
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> > http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="absolute"
> > name="Drag and Drop tutorial" creationComplete="Init()">
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