There are other lower-level ways. The way I've handled in the past was to keep a member variable pointing to the highest window, and then do something like:
clickedPanel.setDepthAbove(highestPanel); highestPanel = clickedPanel; ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rajesh Jayabalan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 1:22 PM Subject: [flexcoders] Re: DepthManager Hi Jester, I am using popupmanager to create my titlewindows.. (how do I create windows without them??) Regards Rajesh J --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "JesterXL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I dug back to the first message; sounds like he has a TitleWindow being > created without PopUpManager, and inside a container. In that case, depth > shouldn't be a question, but rather implementation. Things in containers > can't change depth to any higher since they are in a container, and their > container's depth pretty much dictates their z drawing index on that stack. > > If you want to use true windows, look into PopUpManager without modality. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Theodore E Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:21 AM > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: DepthManager > > > The window may be on a different branch of the display list. This depends on > the hierarchy of your MXML file and how the controls are instantiated at > runtime. > > Have the window and the menu trace these values: > > trace( menu ) > trace( window ) > > You will see a resulting path something like: > > _level0.application.blah.blah.blah.menu > _level0.application.blah.blah.window > > If the two items are at the same level, then this is a depth issue. > Otherwise I would bet dollars to donuts that they are on different paths. > > My 2 Cents, > > Ted ;) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Rajesh Jayabalan > > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:46 PM > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: DepthManager > > > > Hi, > > > > I tried that, it does not work, the window still is showing on top of > > the menu. > > > > Rajesh J > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Theodore E Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The method MovieClip.swapDepths accepts both a MovieClip instance and a > > > number. One potential issue with usage of Number.MAX_VALUE is that > > there are > > > not 1.79769313486231e+308 depths within the Flash Player. The error > > has to > > > do with the input data not that swapDepths does not accept number as > > input. > > > > > > Try: > > > > > > menu.swapDepths( menu.getNextHighestDepth() ) > > > > > > My 2 cents, > > > > > > Ted ;) > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > The method swapDepths accepts a UIObject as a parameter and not a > > number. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Rajesh J > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Philippe Maegerman" <[EMAIL > > > > PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > You might try to manualy adjust your menu's depth to be the max > > depth : > > > > > menu.swapDepths(Number.MAX_VALUE) > > > > > I hope it helps > > > > > > > > > > //Philippe > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12htedioj/M=362329.6886308.7839368.1510227/D=groups/S=1705007207:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1124395289/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
