Adobe FLEX 2 - CREATING AND EXTENDING COMPONENTS Manual page 169

// of the VBox.
var yOfComp:Number = height-vm.bottom;
// Temp variable for a container child.
var obj:UIComponent;
for (var i:int = 0; i < numChildren; i++)
{
// Get the first container child.
obj = UIComponent(getChildAt(i));
// Determine the y coordinate of the child.
yOfComp = yOfComp - obj.height;
// Set the x and y coordinate of the child.
// Note that you do not change the x coordinate.
obj.move(obj.x, yOfComp);
// Save the y coordinate of the child,
// plus the vertical gap between children.
// This is used to calculate the coordinate
// of the next child.
yOfComp = yOfComp - gap;
}
}
}
}
In this example, you use the
the container. You can also use the
these coordinates. The difference is that the
component and then dispatches a
the and properties changes the location of the component and dispatches the event on the
x y
next screen update.
UIComponent.move()
UIComponent.x
move()
event when you call the method immediately; setting
move
method to set the position of each child in
and
UIComponent.y
method changes the location of the
Implementing the component
properties to set
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