Joshua, I *just* solved this problem yesterday. All you need to do is add a listener for the FlexEvent.SHOW event. Your callback method will always be called when the ViewStack shows your child container.
Regards, Bruce On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:38 PM, joshua gatcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know if it is possible for a component to know if it's > 'visible' or 'on screen' when it's inside a ViewStack without looking > at the parent ViewStacks properties? I have a component and I need to > to 'know' if it's actually in the showing viewstack child or in one of > the hidden ones. I cannot look at the parent ViewStack because I will > not know where or how this component is being used. > > I looked through piles of documentation, not sure if I am just thick > or something. > > Any suggestions would rock the casbah, thanks in advance. > > >