| Package | mx.managers |
| Class | public class SystemManager |
| Inheritance | SystemManager MovieClip Sprite DisplayObjectContainer InteractiveObject DisplayObject EventDispatcher Object |
| Implements | IChildList, IFlexDisplayObject, ISystemManager |
mx.core.Application, which
is the main, or top-level, window within an application.
Every application has a SystemManager. The SystemManager sends an event if the size of the application window changes (you cannot change it from within the application, but only through interaction with the operating system window or browser). It parents all displayable things within the application like the main mx.core.Application instance and all popups, tooltips, cursors, and so on. Any object parented by the SystemManager is considered to be a top-level window, even tooltips and cursors.
The SystemManager also switches focus between top-level windows if there are more than one IFocusManagerContainer displayed and users are interacting with components within the IFocusManagerContainers.
All keyboard and mouse activity that is not expressly trapped is seen by the SystemManager, making it a good place to monitor activity should you need to do so.
If an application is loaded into another application, a SystemManager
will still be created, but will not manage an application window,
depending on security and domain rules.
Instead, it could manage the content of the Loader
that loaded it.
The SystemManager maintains multiple lists of children, one each for tooltips, cursors,
popup windows. This is how it ensures that popup windows "float" above the main
application windows and that tooltips "float" above that and cursors above that.
If you simply examine the numChildren property or
call the getChildAt() method on the SystemManager, you are accessing
the main application window and any other windows that aren't popped up. To get the list
of all windows, including popups, tooltips and cursors, use
the rawChildren property.
The SystemManager is the first display class created within an application.
It is responsible for creating an mx.preloaders.Preloader that displays and
mx.preloaders.DownloadProgressBar while the application finishes loading,
then creates the mx.core.Application instance.
| Property | Defined by | ||
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | accessibilityProperties : AccessibilityProperties
The current accessibility options for this display object.
| DisplayObject | |
![]() | alpha : Number
Indicates the alpha transparency value of the object specified.
| DisplayObject | |
| application : IUIComponent
[read-only]
The application parented by this SystemManager.
| SystemManager | ||
![]() | blendMode : String
A value from the BlendMode class that specifies which blend mode to use.
| DisplayObject | |
![]() | buttonMode : Boolean
Specifies the button mode of this sprite.
| Sprite | |
![]() | cacheAsBitmap : Boolean
If set to
true, Flash Player caches an internal bitmap representation of the
display object. | DisplayObject | |
![]() | constructor : Object
A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.
| Object | |
![]() | contextMenu : ContextMenu
Specifies the context menu associated with this object.
| InteractiveObject | |
![]() | currentFrame : int
Specifies the number of the frame in which the playhead is located in the timeline of
the MovieClip instance.
| MovieClip | |
![]() | currentLabel : String
The current label in which the playhead is located in the timeline of the MovieClip instance.
| MovieClip | |
![]() | currentLabels : Array
Returns an array of FrameLabel objects from the current scene.
| MovieClip | |
![]() | currentScene : Scene
The current scene in which the playhead is located in the timeline of the MovieClip instance.
| MovieClip | |
| cursorChildren : IChildList
[read-only]
An list of the custom cursors
being parented by this ISystemManager.
| SystemManager | ||
| document : Object
A reference to the document object.
| SystemManager | ||
![]() | doubleClickEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether the object receives
doubleClick events. | InteractiveObject | |
![]() | dropTarget : DisplayObject
Specifies the display object over which the sprite is being dragged, or on
which the sprite was dropped.
| Sprite | |
| embeddedFontList : Object
[read-only]
The list of embedded fonts in this application.
| SystemManager | ||
![]() | enabled : Boolean
A Boolean value that indicates whether a movie clip is enabled.
| MovieClip | |
| explicitHeight : Number
The explicit width of this object.
| SystemManager | ||
| explicitWidth : Number
The explicit width of this object.
| SystemManager | ||
![]() | filters : Array
An indexed array that contains each filter object currently associated with the display object.
| DisplayObject | |
| focusPane : Sprite
The focus pane associated with this object.
| SystemManager | ||
![]() | focusRect : Object
Specifies whether this object displays a focus rectangle.
| InteractiveObject | |
![]() | framesLoaded : int
The number of frames that are loaded from a streaming SWF file.
| MovieClip | |
![]() | graphics : Graphics
Specifies the Graphics object that belongs to this sprite where vector
drawing commands can occur.
| Sprite | |
| height : Number
The height of this object.
| SystemManager | ||
![]() | hitArea : Sprite
Designates another sprite to serve as the hit area for a sprite.
| Sprite | |
![]() | loaderInfo : LoaderInfo
Returns a LoaderInfo object containing information about loading the file
to which this display object belongs.
| DisplayObject | |
![]() | mask : DisplayObject
The calling display object is masked by the specified
mask object. | DisplayObject | |
| measuredHeight : Number
[read-only]
The measuredHeight is the explicit or measuredHeight of
the main mx.core.Application window
or the starting height of the SWF if the main window
has not yet been created or does not exist.
| SystemManager | ||
| measuredWidth : Number
[read-only]
The measuredWidth is the explicit or measuredWidth of
the main mx.core.Application window,
or the starting width of the SWF if the main window
has not yet been created or does not exist.
| SystemManager | ||
![]() | mouseChildren : Boolean
Determines whether or not the children of the object are mouse enabled.
| DisplayObjectContainer | |
![]() | mouseEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether this object receives mouse messages.
| InteractiveObject | |
![]() | mouseX : Number
Indicates the x coordinate of the mouse position, in pixels.
| DisplayObject | |
![]() | mouseY : Number
Indicates the y coordinate of the mouse position, in pixels.
| DisplayObject | |
![]() | name : String
Indicates the instance name of the DisplayObject.
| DisplayObject | |
| numChildren : int
[read-only]
The number of non-floating windows.
| SystemManager | ||
| numModalWindows : int
Number of modal windows.
| SystemManager | ||
![]() | opaqueBackground : Object
Specifies whether the display object is opaque with a certain background color.
| DisplayObject | |
![]() | parent : DisplayObjectContainer
Indicates the DisplayObjectContainer object that contains this display object.
| DisplayObject | |
| popUpChildren : IChildList
[read-only]
An list of the topMost (popup)
windows being parented by this ISystemManager.
| SystemManager | ||
| preloaderBackgroundAlpha : Number
[read-only]
The background alpha used by the child of the preloader.
| SystemManager | ||
| preloaderBackgroundColor : uint
[read-only]
The background color used by the child of the preloader.
| SystemManager | ||
| preloaderBackgroundImage : Object
[read-only]
The background color used by the child of the preloader.
| SystemManager | ||
| preloaderBackgroundSize : String
[read-only]
The background size used by the child of the preloader.
| SystemManager | ||
![]() | prototype : Object
[static]
A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.
| Object | |
| rawChildren : IChildList
[read-only]
A list of all children
being parented by this ISystemManager.
| SystemManager | ||
![]() | root : DisplayObject
For a display object in a loaded SWF file, the
root property is the
top-most display object in the portion of the display list's tree structure represented by that SWF file. | DisplayObject | |
![]() | rotation : Number
Indicates the rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation.
| DisplayObject | |
![]() | scale9Grid : Rectangle
The current scaling grid that is in effect.
| DisplayObject | |
![]() | scaleX : Number
Indicates the horizontal scale (
percentage) of the object as applied from the registration point. | DisplayObject | |
![]() | scaleY : Number
Indicates the vertical scale (
percentage) of an object as applied from the registration point of the object. | DisplayObject | |
![]() | scenes : Array
An array of Scene objects, each listing the name, the number of frames,
and the frame labels for a scene in the MovieClip instance.
| MovieClip | |
| screen : Rectangle
[read-only]
The size and position of the application window.
| SystemManager | ||
![]() | scrollRect : Rectangle
The scroll rectangle bounds of the display object.
| DisplayObject | |
![]() | soundTransform : SoundTransform
Controls sound within this sprite.
| Sprite | |
![]() | stage : Stage
The Stage of the display object.
| DisplayObject | |
![]() | tabChildren : Boolean
Determines whether the children of the object are tab enabled.
| DisplayObjectContainer | |
![]() | tabEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether this object is in the tab order.
| InteractiveObject | |
![]() | tabIndex : int
Specifies the tab ordering of objects in a SWF file.
| InteractiveObject | |
![]() | textSnapshot : TextSnapshot
Returns a TextSnapshot object for this DisplayObjectContainer instance.
| DisplayObjectContainer | |
| toolTipChildren : IChildList
[read-only]
A list of the tooltips
being parented by this ISystemManager.
| SystemManager | ||
| topLevelSystemManager : ISystemManager
[read-only]
Returns the SystemManager responsible for the application window.
| SystemManager | ||
![]() | totalFrames : int
The total number of frames in the MovieClip instance.
| MovieClip | |
![]() | trackAsMenu : Boolean
Indicates whether other display objects that are SimpleButton or MovieClip objects can receive
mouse release events.
| MovieClip | |
![]() | transform : Transform
An object with properties pertaining to a display object's matrix, color transform, and pixel bounds.
| DisplayObject | |
![]() | useHandCursor : Boolean
A Boolean value that indicates whether the pointing hand (hand cursor) appears when the mouse rolls
over a sprite in which the
buttonMode property is set to true. | Sprite | |
![]() | visible : Boolean
Whether or not the display object is visible.
| DisplayObject | |
| width : Number
The width of this object.
| SystemManager | ||
![]() | x : Number
Indicates the x coordinate of the DisplayObject instance relative to the local coordinates of
the parent DisplayObjectContainer.
| DisplayObject | |
![]() | y : Number
Indicates the y coordinate of the DisplayObject instance relative to the local coordinates of
the parent DisplayObjectContainer.
| DisplayObject | |
| Method | Defined by | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Constructor.
| SystemManager | ||
|
Activates the FocusManager in an IFocusManagerContainer.
| SystemManager | ||
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Adds a child DisplayObject instance to this DisplayObjectContainer instance.
| DisplayObjectContainer | |
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Adds a child DisplayObject instance to this DisplayObjectContainer
instance.
| DisplayObjectContainer | |
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addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void
Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener
receives notification of an event.
| EventDispatcher | |
|
Registers a top-level window containing a FocusManager.
| SystemManager | ||
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Indicates whether the security restrictions
would cause any display objects to be omitted from the list returned by calling
the
DisplayObjectContainer.getObjectsUnderPoint() method
with the specified point point. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
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Determines whether the specified display object is a child of the DisplayObjectContainer instance or
the instance itself.
| DisplayObjectContainer | |
|
Entry point for creating the application.
| SystemManager | ||
|
Deactivates the FocusManager in an IFocusManagerContainer, and activate
the FocusManager of the next highest window that is an IFocusManagerContainer.
| SystemManager | ||
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Dispatches an event into the event flow.
| EventDispatcher | |
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Returns a rectangle that defines the area of the display object relative to the coordinate system
of the
targetCoordinateSpace object. | DisplayObject | |
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Returns the child display object instance that exists at the specified index.
| DisplayObjectContainer | |
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Returns the child display object that exists with the specified name.
| DisplayObjectContainer | |
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Returns the index position of a
child DisplayObject instance. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
|
Converts the given String to a Class or package-level Function.
| SystemManager | ||
|
A convenience method for determining whether to use the
explicit or measured height.
| SystemManager | ||
|
A convenience method for determining whether to use the
explicit or measured width.
| SystemManager | ||
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Returns an array of objects that lie under the specified point and are children
(or grandchildren, and so on) of this DisplayObjectContainer instance.
| DisplayObjectContainer | |
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Returns a rectangle that defines the boundary of the display object,
based on the coordinate system defined by the
targetCoordinateSpace
parameter, excluding any strokes on shapes. | DisplayObject | |
|
[static]
Returns the root DisplayObject that loaded the application.
| SystemManager | ||
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Converts the
point object from the Stage (global) coordinates
to the display object's (local) coordinates. | DisplayObject | |
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Starts playing the SWF file at the specified frame.
| MovieClip | |
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Brings the playhead to the specified frame of the movie clip and stops it there.
| MovieClip | |
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Checks whether the EventDispatcher object has any listeners registered for a specific type
of event.
| EventDispatcher | |
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Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.
| Object | |
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Evaluates the display object to see if it overlaps or intersects with the
obj display object. | DisplayObject | |
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Evaluates the display object to see if it overlaps or intersects with the
point specified by the
x and y parameters. | DisplayObject | |
|
Overridden by autogenerated code.
| SystemManager | ||
|
Returns
true if the required font face is embedded
in this application, or has been registered globally by using the
Font.registerFont() method. | SystemManager | ||
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Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified
as the parameter.
| Object | |
|
Returns
true if this ISystemManager is responsible
for an application window, and false if this
application has been loaded into another application. | SystemManager | ||
|
Returns
true if the DisplayObject is the
top-level window. | SystemManager | ||
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Converts the
point object from the display object's (local) coordinates to the
Stage (global) coordinates. | DisplayObject | |
|
Calling the
move() method
has no effect as it is directly mapped
to the application window or the loader. | SystemManager | ||
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Sends the playhead to the next frame and stops it.
| MovieClip | |
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Moves the playhead to the next scene of the MovieClip instance.
| MovieClip | |
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Moves the playhead in the timeline of the movie clip.
| MovieClip | |
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Sends the playhead to the previous frame and stops it.
| MovieClip | |
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Moves the playhead to the previous scene of the MovieClip instance.
| MovieClip | |
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Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.
| Object | |
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Removes the specified
child DisplayObject instance from the child list of the DisplayObjectContainer instance. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
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Removes a child DisplayObject from the specified
index position in the child list of
the DisplayObjectContainer. | DisplayObjectContainer | |
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Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object.
| EventDispatcher | |
|
Unregisters a top-level window containing a FocusManager.
| SystemManager | ||
|
Calling the
setActualSize() method
has no effect if it is directly mapped
to the application window and if it is the top-level window. | SystemManager | ||
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Changes the position of an existing child in the display object container.
| DisplayObjectContainer | |
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Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.
| Object | |
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Lets the user drag the specified sprite.
| Sprite | |
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Stops the playhead in the movie clip.
| MovieClip | |
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Ends the
startDrag() method. | Sprite | |
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Swaps the z-order (front-to-back order) of the two specified child objects.
| DisplayObjectContainer | |
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Swaps the z-order (front-to-back order) of the child objects at the two specified index positions in the
child list.
| DisplayObjectContainer | |
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Returns the string representation of the specified object.
| Object | |
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Returns the primitive value of the specified object.
| Object | |
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Checks whether an event listener is registered with this EventDispatcher object or any of
its ancestors for the specified event type.
| EventDispatcher | |
| Event | Summary | Defined by | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Dispatched when Flash Player gains operating system focus and becomes active. | DisplayObject | ||
![]() | Dispatched when a display object is added to the display list. | DisplayObject | ||
| Dispatched when the application has finished initializing | SystemManager | |||
![]() | Dispatched when a user presses and releases the main button of the user's pointing device over the same InteractiveObject. | InteractiveObject | ||
![]() | Dispatched when Flash Player loses operating system focus and is becoming inactive. | DisplayObject | ||
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Dispatched when a user presses and releases the main button of a pointing device twice in
rapid succession over the same InteractiveObject when that object's
doubleClickEnabled flag is set to true. | InteractiveObject | ||
![]() | Dispatched when the playhead is entering a new frame. | DisplayObject | ||
![]() | Dispatched after a display object gains focus. | InteractiveObject | ||
![]() | Dispatched after a display object loses focus. | InteractiveObject | ||
| Dispatched every 100 milliseconds when there has been no keyboard or mouse activity for 1 second. | SystemManager | |||
![]() | Dispatched when the user presses a key. | InteractiveObject | ||
![]() | Dispatched when the user attempts to change focus by using keyboard navigation. | InteractiveObject | ||
![]() | Dispatched when the user releases a key. | InteractiveObject | ||
![]() | Dispatched when a user presses the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance in the Flash Player window. | InteractiveObject | ||
![]() | Dispatched when the user attempts to change focus by using a pointer device. | InteractiveObject | ||
![]() | Dispatched when a user moves the pointing device while it is over an InteractiveObject. | InteractiveObject | ||
![]() | Dispatched when the user moves a pointing device away from an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | ||
![]() | Dispatched when the user moves a pointing device over an InteractiveObject instance in the Flash Player window. | InteractiveObject | ||
![]() | Dispatched when a user releases the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance in the Flash Player window. | InteractiveObject | ||
![]() | Dispatched when a mouse wheel is spun over an InteractiveObject instance in the Flash Player window. | InteractiveObject | ||
![]() | Dispatched when a display object is about to be removed from the display list. | DisplayObject | ||
![]() | Dispatched when the display list is about to be updated and rendered. | DisplayObject | ||
| Dispatched when the Stage is resized. | SystemManager | |||
![]() | Dispatched when the user moves a pointing device away from an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | ||
![]() | Dispatched when the user moves a pointing device over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | ||
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Dispatched when the value of the object's tabChildren flag changes. | InteractiveObject | ||
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Dispatched when the object's tabEnabled flag changes. | InteractiveObject | ||
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Dispatched when the value of the object's tabIndex property changes. | InteractiveObject | ||
| application | property |
application:IUIComponent [read-only]The application parented by this SystemManager. SystemManagers create an instance of an Application even if they are loaded into another Application. Thus, this may not match mx.core.Application.application if the SWF has been loaded into another application.
Note that this property is not typed as mx.core.Application because of load-time performance considerations but can be coerced into an mx.core.Application.
Implementation public function get application():IUIComponent
| cursorChildren | property |
cursorChildren:IChildList [read-only]An list of the custom cursors being parented by this ISystemManager.
An ISystemManager has various types of children,
such as the Application, popups, top-most windows,
tooltips, and custom cursors.
You can access the custom cursors through
the cursorChildren property.
The IChildList object has methods like getChildAt()
and properties like numChildren.
For example, cursorChildren.numChildren gives
the number of custom cursors (which will be either 0 or 1)
and, if a custom cursor exists, you can access it as
cursorChildren.getChildAt(0).
public function get cursorChildren():IChildList
| document | property |
document:Object [read-write]A reference to the document object. A document object is an Object at the top of the hierarchy of a Flex application, MXML component, or AS component.
Implementation public function get document():Object
public function set document(value:Object):void
| embeddedFontList | property |
embeddedFontList:Object [read-only]The list of embedded fonts in this application.
Implementation public function get embeddedFontList():Object
| explicitHeight | property |
explicitHeight:Number [read-write]The explicit width of this object. For the SystemManager this should always be NaN unless the application was loaded into another application. If the application was not loaded into another application, setting this value has no effect.
Implementation public function get explicitHeight():Number
public function set explicitHeight(value:Number):void
| explicitWidth | property |
explicitWidth:Number [read-write]The explicit width of this object. For the SystemManager this should always be NaN unless the application was loaded into another application. If the application was not loaded into another application, setting this value has no effect.
Implementation public function get explicitWidth():Number
public function set explicitWidth(value:Number):void
| focusPane | property |
focusPane:Sprite [read-write]The focus pane associated with this object. An object has a focus pane when one of its children has focus.
Implementation public function get focusPane():Sprite
public function set focusPane(value:Sprite):void
| height | property |
height:Number [read-write]The height of this object. For the SystemManager this should always be the width of the stage unless the application was loaded into another application. If the application was not loaded into another application, setting this value has no effect.
Implementation public function get height():Number
public function set height(value:Number):void
| measuredHeight | property |
measuredHeight:Number [read-only]The measuredHeight is the explicit or measuredHeight of the main mx.core.Application window or the starting height of the SWF if the main window has not yet been created or does not exist.
Implementation public function get measuredHeight():Number
| measuredWidth | property |
measuredWidth:Number [read-only]The measuredWidth is the explicit or measuredWidth of the main mx.core.Application window, or the starting width of the SWF if the main window has not yet been created or does not exist.
Implementation public function get measuredWidth():Number
| numChildren | property |
numChildren:int [read-only]The number of non-floating windows. This is the main application window plus any other windows added to the SystemManager that are not popups, tooltips or cursors.
Implementation public function get numChildren():int
| numModalWindows | property |
numModalWindows:int [read-write]Number of modal windows. Modal windows don't allow clicking in another windows which would normally activate the FocusManager in that window. The PopUpManager modifies this count as it creates and destroy modal windows.
Implementation public function get numModalWindows():int
public function set numModalWindows(value:int):void
| popUpChildren | property |
popUpChildren:IChildList [read-only]An list of the topMost (popup) windows being parented by this ISystemManager.
An ISystemManager has various types of children,
such as the Application, popups,
tooltips, and custom cursors.
You can access the top-most windows through
the popUpChildren property.
The IChildList object has methods like getChildAt()
and properties like numChildren.
For example, popUpChildren.numChildren gives
the number of topmost windows and you can access them as
popUpChildren.getChildAt(i).
public function get popUpChildren():IChildList
| preloaderBackgroundAlpha | property |
preloaderBackgroundAlpha:Number [read-only]The background alpha used by the child of the preloader.
Implementation public function get preloaderBackgroundAlpha():Number
| preloaderBackgroundColor | property |
preloaderBackgroundColor:uint [read-only]The background color used by the child of the preloader.
Implementation public function get preloaderBackgroundColor():uint
| preloaderBackgroundImage | property |
preloaderBackgroundImage:Object [read-only]The background color used by the child of the preloader.
Implementation public function get preloaderBackgroundImage():Object
| preloaderBackgroundSize | property |
preloaderBackgroundSize:String [read-only]The background size used by the child of the preloader.
Implementation public function get preloaderBackgroundSize():String
| rawChildren | property |
rawChildren:IChildList [read-only]A list of all children being parented by this ISystemManager.
An ISystemManager has various types of children, such as the Application, popups, tooltips, and custom cursors.
The IChildList object has methods like getChildAt()
and properties like numChildren.
public function get rawChildren():IChildList
| screen | property |
screen:Rectangle [read-only]
The size and position of the application window.
The Rectangle object contains x, y,
width, and height properties.
public function get screen():Rectangle
| toolTipChildren | property |
toolTipChildren:IChildList [read-only]A list of the tooltips being parented by this ISystemManager.
An ISystemManager has various types of children, such as the Application, popups, topmost windows, tooltips, and custom cursors.
The IChildList object has methods like getChildAt()
and properties like numChildren.
For example, toolTipChildren.numChildren gives
the number of tooltips (which will be either 0 or 1)
and, if a tooltip exists, you can access it as
toolTipChildren.getChildAt(0).
public function get toolTipChildren():IChildList
| topLevelSystemManager | property |
topLevelSystemManager:ISystemManager [read-only]Returns the SystemManager responsible for the application window. This will be the same SystemManager unless this application has been loaded into another application.
Implementation public function get topLevelSystemManager():ISystemManager
| width | property |
width:Number [read-write]The width of this object. For the SystemManager this should always be the width of the stage unless the application was loaded into another application. If the application was not loaded into another application, setting this value will have no effect.
Implementation public function get width():Number
public function set width(value:Number):void
| SystemManager | () | constructor |
public function SystemManager()Constructor.
This is the starting point for all Flex applications. This class is set to be the root class of a Flex SWF file. The Player instantiates an instance of this class, causing this constructor to be called.
| activate | () | method |