try it:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="absolute"
height="100%" width="100%">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.core.UITextField;
import mx.containers.TitleWindow;
import mx.managers.PopUpManager;
private function clickeroo(event:MouseEvent):
void {
var popup:TitleWindow = new TitleWindow();
popup.width = 250;
popup.height = 300;
popup.title = "Example";
var tf:UITextField = new UITextField();
tf.wordWrap = true;
tf.width = popup.width - 30;
tf.text = "This window stays put and doesn't scroll when the hbox is
scrolled (even with using the hbox as parent in the addPopUp method), I need
the popup to be local to the HBox.";
popup.addChild(tf);
PopUpManager.addPopUp(popup, DisplayObject(Application.application), false);
//I think "this" instead of DisplayObject(Application.application) will work
too.
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:HBox width="100%" height="2000" id="hbox">
<mx:Button label="Click Me" click="clickeroo(event)"/>
</mx:HBox>
</mx:Application>
João Augusto Zaratine
blog.joaoaugusto.com.br (in portuguese)
2010/4/9 turbo_vb <timh...@aol.com>
>
>
> You'll want to create a method that does something like this:
>
> var target:Point = localToGlobal( new Point( hbox.x, hbox.y ) );
> popup.move( target.x, target.y );
>
> Call the method after you add the popup and when the container is scrolled.
> In some cases localToContent is more appropriate.
>
> -TH
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "s_grollins" <s.groll...@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm trying to work out a specific problem I'm having with positioning in
> Flex using the PopUpManager. Basically I'm wanting to create a popup which
> will scroll with the parent container - this is necessary because the parent
> container is large and if the user's browser window isn't large enough (this
> will be the case the majority of the time) - they will have to use the
> scrollbar of the container to scroll down. The problem is that the popup is
> positioned relative to another component, and it needs to stay by that
> component. (also sorry if the code below isn't formatted right, but I pasted
> it right from Eclipse).
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> layout="absolute">
> >
> > <mx:Script>
> > <![CDATA[
> > import mx.core.UITextField;
> > import mx.containers.TitleWindow;
> > import mx.managers.PopUpManager;
> >
> > private function clickeroo(event:MouseEvent):void {
> > var popup:TitleWindow = new TitleWindow();
> > popup.width = 250;
> > popup.height = 300;
> >
> > popup.title = "Example";
> > var tf:UITextField = new UITextField();
> > tf.wordWrap = true;
> > tf.width = popup.width - 30;
> > tf.text = "This window stays put and doesn't scroll when the hbox is
> scrolled (even with using the hbox as parent in the addPopUp method), I need
> the popup to be local to the HBox.";
> > popup.addChild(tf);
> >
> > PopUpManager.addPopUp(popup, hbox, false);
> > }
> > ]]>
> > </mx:Script>
> >
> > <mx:HBox width="100%" height="2000" id="hbox">
> > <mx:Button label="Click Me" click="clickeroo(event)"/>
> > </mx:HBox>
> >
> > </mx:Application>
> >
>
>
>
--
João Augusto Zaratine
blog.joaoaugusto.com.br
