Question

In a drag+drop situation using Flex, I am trying to get the object center aligned to the point of drop- somehow, irrespective of the adjustments to height and width, it is always positioning drop point to left top.

here is the code..

imageX = SkinnableContainer(event.currentTarget).mouseX;
imageY = SkinnableContainer(event.currentTarget).mouseY;

// Error checks if imageX/imageY dont satisfy certain conditions- move to a default position
// img.width and img.height are both defined and traced to be 10- idea to center image to drop point

Image(event.dragInitiator).x = imageX-(img.width)/2;
Image(event.dragInitiator).y = imageY-(img.height)/2

The last 2 lines don’t seem to have any effect. Any ideas why-must be something straightforward, that I am missing…

Answer 1

Use the xOffset and yOffset properties in the doDrag method of DragManager.

Look here for an example.