Question

public function Browser(){

                var chrome:chromeicon = new chromeicon();

                this.parent.addChild(chrome);
                chrome.y = 745;
                chrome.x = 220;



    }

I notice that I cannot reference the parent of the class in the constructor method or any method that is instantiated when I add the object. There must be a way around this problem, but since I’m new to oop I don’t know it.

Answer 1

It’s because a “parent” refers to parent on list of displayed objects. It means that as long as this object is not added as a child to other object, it has no parent, I’m not sure if they need to be added to stage also. You can go around this problem by adding to constructor a listener:

this.addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, _myFunction);

and then construct a function:

private function _myFunction(e:Event) :void {
    this.removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, _myFunction);
    // here you will be sure that your object has a parent that you can refer to, that will be a parent on the display list.
}