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Canvas Mouse Position, mouse down event
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<!-- containers\intro\MousePosition.mxml -->
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark">
<fx:Script>
import mx.controls.Alert;
// Handle the mouseDown event generated
// by clicking in the application.
private function handleMouseDown(event:MouseEvent):void {
// Convert the mouse position to global coordinates.
// The localX and localY properties of the mouse event contain
// the coordinates at which the event occurred relative to the
// event target, typically one of the
// colored internal Canvas containers.
// A production version of this example could use the stageX
// and stageY properties, which use the global coordinates,
// and avoid this step.
// This example uses the localX and localY properties only to
// illustrate conversion between different frames of reference.
var pt:Point = new Point(event.localX, event.localY);
pt = event.target.localToGlobal(pt);
// Convert the global coordinates to the content coordinates
// inside the outer c1 Canvas container.
pt = c1.globalToContent(pt);
// Figure out which quadrant was clicked.
var whichColor:String = "border area";
if (pt.x < 150) {
if (pt.y < 150)
whichColor = "red";
else
whichColor = "blue";
}
else {
if (pt.y < 150)
whichColor = "green";
else
whichColor = "magenta";
}
Alert.show("You clicked on the " + whichColor);
}
</fx:Script>
<!-- Canvas container with four child Canvas containers -->
<mx:Canvas id="c1" borderStyle="none" width="300" height="300"
mouseDown="handleMouseDown(event);">
<mx:Canvas width="150" height="150" x="0" y="0" backgroundColor="red">
<mx:Button label="I'm in Red" />
</mx:Canvas>
<mx:Canvas width="150" height="150" x="150" y="0"
backgroundColor="green">
<mx:Button label="I'm in Green" />
</mx:Canvas>
<mx:Canvas width="150" height="150" x="0" y="150"
backgroundColor="blue">
<mx:Button label="I'm in Blue" />
</mx:Canvas>
<mx:Canvas width="150" height="150" x="150" y="150"
backgroundColor="magenta">
<mx:Button label="I'm in Magenta" />
</mx:Canvas>
</mx:Canvas>
</s:Application>
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