Finding out where AutoFitArea moves your objects

[Ahrengot]

Hey!

 

I'm utilizing AutoFitArea in one of my projects, but haven't had a lot of experience working with that particular class yet, and i'm a little confused as to how it works.

 

I've setup the area like this:

_autoFitArea =  new AutoFitArea(this, 0, 0, stage.stageWidth, stage.stageHeight);
_autoFitArea.attach(_background, "proportionalOutside", "center", "center");

 

added a stage.RESIZE listener and in that handler method i do this:

private function onStageResize(e:Event = null):void 
{
_autoFitArea.width = stage.stageWidth;
_autoFitArea.height = stage.stageHeight;
}

 

Everything works as it should, but at some point later in the code i need to do a bitmap.draw() of the _background DisplayObject. And to do that accurately i need the position of _background, but when i read the x and y properties of _background it reports back 0.

 

Reading x/y properties from the AutoFitArea itself reports 0 back as well. Is there any way to get those values, and how come they return 0? Is that how it's supposed to work?

[GreenSock]

Tough to say what's going on without seeing your file. It'd be normal for the AutoFitArea to remain at x:0/y:0 unless you specifically change it, but I don't know why the attached object doesn't seem to be moving. I suspect there may be something else going on in your code. If you still need help, please post a sample FLA that demonstrates the issue in as simple a manner as possible (no need to send your production files).

 

For what it's worth, LiquidStage has a LiquidArea class that extends AutoFitArea and automatically resizes itself based on the stage's resizing events. http://www.greensock.com/liquidstage/