[flexcoders] Finding coordinates from pop-up window

[Jim Robson]

Hello all,   I have a feeling that I’m missing something obvious, but how do you determine the x and y coordinates - relative to the root application - of an object that resides within a component that is used as a pop-up window?   The code below works perfectly if it resides in the root application: the list appears just to the right of the buttons. But when the same code is in a component that serves as a pop-up window, the list appears away up and to the left; i.e., the Flash player is taking the x and y coordinates of the button relative to the pop-up window, but using x and y coordinates relative to the root app to display the list.   What am I missing?   <mx:Model id="ap">                         <projects>                                     <item label="None" data="" />                                     <item label="Mirkwood" data="" June 2005" />                                     <item label="Loth Lorien" data="" August 2005" />                                     <item label="Fangorn" data="" September 2005" />                                     <item label="Dead Marshes" data="" March 2005" />                                     <item label="Emyn Muil" data="" January 2006" />                         </projects>             </mx:Model>             <mx:ArrayCollection id="projectList" source="{ap.projects.item}" />             <mx:Script>                         <![CDATA[                                     import mx.managers.PopUpManager;                                     import mx.controls.*;                                     private var testList:mx.controls.List = new List();             private function testListPopUp(caller:Object):void{                         testList.dataProvider = projectList;                         testList.x = caller.x+70;                         testList.y = caller.y;                         PopUpManager.addPopUp(testList,this,false);             }             private function testListRemove():void{                         PopUpManager.removePopUp(testList);             }                         ]]>             </mx:Script>             <mx:Button id="test1" click="testListPopUp(test1);" label="show" x="100" y="100" />             <mx:Button id="test2" click="testListRemove();" label="hide" x="100" y="125" /> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.