If you're looking at ASDoc comments in source code, it would make more sense to first look at the public comment for this property where it is originally defined in the UIComponent base class, rather than at the private comment in the Container subclass.
The comment in UIComponent (which appears in the generated Language Reference) describes it as "The y-coordinate of the baseline of the first line of text of the component." It fails to mention that this is in the coordinate system of the component, not its parent. But what it means is that for a Button (for example) it is the number of pixels from the top of the Button to the baseline of its label text. A plain Container does not have any text, so it pretends that there is a line of text at its top, in order to calculate a baseline. Gordon Smith Adobe Flex SDK Team From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sherif Abdou Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 9:14 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] baselinePosition meaning? Ok let me answer my question, after playing around and changing it up, is it basically an Imaginary Line where It is used to align control like have the label in the formItem be centered to the TextInput control? ------ Sherif Abdou http://VadexFX.com http://Sherifabdou.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Sherif Abdou<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 12:32 AM Subject: [flexcoders] baselinePosition meaning? Prob a silly question but what is the meaning of baselinePosition in plain english. I read the Docs but I have no idea what the purpose of it is or when it's use comes to play. /** * @private * The baselinePosition of a Container is calculated * as if there was a UITextField using the Container's styles * whose top is at viewMetrics.top. */
