Nevermind...figured out that the components needed to be wrapped in a canvas
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "gmoniey22" <gmonie...@...> wrote: > > I haven't been able to find any examples of this, which is frustrating, since > I believe this should be an easy task. > > I want to display a canvas (or any other sprite) which simply places a gray > overlay over the entire grid/list with some message in the middle. > > In java this would be as easy as using the component's glasspane, but I > haven't been able to find anything similar. > > Can someone point me in the right direction? > > Thanks. >