Heh, well funny part Tracy is that in looking at my app, I have a ViewStack that is the child of the app, and it is what is driving the horizontal layout. The app is set to horizontal, but it is doing nothing (except for eating cycles "laying out" its one container).
Anyway, I set the app to absolute, put the overlayed component to Application.application, and it's all good. And I was so wanting to have to defile SystemManager. :) Thanks --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You could put a 100% HBox as the first child of the Application. Then > you'd get your horizontal layout, plus have a place to put your > explicitly positioned elements. > > Tracy > > > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of bithroop > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:36 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: How can I overlay a UIComponent on top of my > application? > > > > Hmm.. I might not be understanding what you're suggesting, but... > > I have the exact component that I want to overlay... really the > question is what to addChild it to. Can I access the main > displayContainer and if so how? My Application.application uses > horizontal layout so it's not a candidate. > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > , "Blake Barrett" <BlakeB@> wrote: > > > > I'm not sure about this, but you could try capturing a bitmap on > > MouseOver (of every component) of event.target > > > > var bd : BitmapData (event.target); > > bd.draw (300, 300); > > var bmp : Bitmap ( bd ); > > > > then try adding that bitmap to the main displayContainer ("the > stage"). > > I hope this works as a starting point. > > > > Blake > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > ] On > > Behalf Of bithroop > > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 2:13 PM > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [flexcoders] How can I overlay a UIComponent on top of my > > application? > > > > > > > > Trying to figure out the best way to do this... > > > > I have an image in my UI which is small. I want a larger version of it > > to draw, attached to the mouse cursor, when the user rolls over it. > > Kinda like a tooltip but moving along with the cursor. (Mixbook does > > this if you've ever seen it) > > > > I have it mostly working but my main issue is that I know I always > > want the zoomed version of the image to draw on top of the entire UI. > > These small images can be in any number of different types of > > containers, so I can't addChild the UIComponent to the small image or > > to its parent... needs to be something like a popup or tooltip. > > > > Peeked a bit at SystemManager for this since that's what PopupManager > > talks about... anyway, anyone have any insight on this? Should I make > > it a cursor? > > >
