Hey you might want to also look into ³localToGlobal²
I.e
var comp : UIComponent = UIComponent( event.target );
var point : Point = comp.localToGlobal( new Point( comp.x, comp.y ) );
trace( point.x + ":" + point.y );
-Keun
On 2/22/07 9:24 AM, "jer_ela" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> The following code gets the x and y positions of an image that has
> been clicked on that was generated by a repeater. Getting the coords
> for a button should be pretty much the same.
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> stageX and Y are the x and y coords of the mouse position relative to
> the application stage. mainCanvas is a direct child of the application
> and is the container that I want the coords relative to. If you have
> additional containers between the stage and the one you need coords
> relative to, you have to subtract the x and y at each level to get
> from stage coords to that container's coords. Subtracting the mouseX
> and Y moves the coords from the point or the click to the upper left
> corner of the image.
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> selectedImage.x = event["stageX"] - mainCanvas.x
> - event.currentTarget.mouseX;
> selectedImage.y = event["stageY"] - mainCanvas.y
> - event.currentTarget.mouseY;
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> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "zipo13" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> > Hi,
>> > In my app I create a repeater the generats VBoxes each with button
> in it.
>> > When the user clicks on the button I want to generate a small dialog
>> > that will open up under the button.
>> > I know how to get the repeater current item and target and current
>> > target but I can't find the real X & Y of the button.
>> > Am I going in the wrong direction?
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