You should be able to simply override updateDisplayList() and, after calling super.updateDisplayList(), reposition the one child that you want to be in a different location. - Gordon
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Schmalle Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 4:22 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Pin a single child element to the bottom of a parent VBox? Hi, As it is the Box disregaurds x and y. My advice as a component developer is, subclass the Box and create a bottomRenderer property that is IFactory. Create a method that overrides layoutChrome() and layout the renderer based on your required dimensions. This instance would be added to rawChildren. Another angle is if you need the box created in mxml for some reason(in the content children), override createComponentsFromDescriptors() remove the instance you have identified, put it in rawChildren and layout it out in the chrome. You will need to override viewMetrics() and add the height of the instance to the bottom property. If this sounds like something you would want to try, I can be more specific. Peace, Mike On 5/7/07, Ian Skinner < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: Is this possible in a standard 'vertical' layout VBox, or does one have to go 'absolute' layout? I have a VBox displaying 1-N child boxes, and I want one to be pinned to the bottom. Is this possible or do I need to wrap an absolute layout around this? -- Teoti Graphix http://www.teotigraphix.com <http://www.teotigraphix.com> Blog - Flex2Components http://www.flex2components.com <http://www.flex2components.com> You can find more by solving the problem then by 'asking the question'.
