A value from the StageAlign class that specifies the alignment of the stage in Flash Player or the browser. The following are valid values:

The align property is only available to an object that is in the same security sandbox as the Stage owner (the main SWF file). To avoid this, the Stage owner can grant permission to the domain of the calling object by calling the Security.allowDomain() method or the Security.alowInsecureDomain() method. For more information, see the "Security" chapter in Programming ActionScript 3.0.

See also

A value from the StageDisplayState class that specifies which display state to use. The following are valid values:

• StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN Sets AIR application or Flash Player to expand the stage over the user's entire screen, with keyboard input disabled.
• StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN_INTERACTIVE Sets the AIR application to expand the stage over the user's entire screen, with keyboard input allowed. (Not available for content running in Flash Player.)
• StageDisplayState.NORMAL Sets the player back to the standard stage display mode.

The scaling behavior of the movie in full-screen mode is determined by the scaleMode setting (set using the Stage.scaleMode property or the SWF file's embed tag settings in the HTML file). If the scaleMode property is set to noScale while the application transitions to full-screen mode, the Stage width and height properties are updated, and the Stage the resize event.

The following restrictions apply to SWF files that play within an HTML page (not those using the stand-alone Flash Player or not running in the AIR runtime):

• To enable full-screen mode, add the allowFullScreen parameter to the object and embed tags in the HTML page that includes the SWF file, with allowFullScreen set to "true", as shown in the following example:

  <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
           ...
    <embed src="example.swf" allowFullScreen="true" ... >

  An HTML page may also use a script to generate SWF-embedding tags. You need to alter the script so that it inserts the proper allowFullScreen settings. HTML pages generated by Flash and Flex Builder use the AC_FL_RunContent() function to embed references to SWF files, and you need to add the allowFullScreen parameter settings, as in the following:

  AC_FL_RunContent( ... "allowFullScreen", "true", ... )

• Full-screen mode is initiated in response to a mouse click or key press by the user; the movie cannot change Stage.displayState without user input. While Flash Player is in full-screen mode, all keyboard input is disabled (except keyboard shortcuts that take the user out of full-screen mode). A Flash Player dialog box appears over the movie when users enter full-screen mode to inform the users they are in full-screen mode and that they can press the Escape key to end full-screen mode.
• Starting with Flash Player Update 3 and later, full-screen works the same in windowless mode as it does in window mode. If you set the Window Mode (wmode in the HTML) to Opaque Windowless (opaque) or Transparent Windowless (transparent), full-screen can be initiated, but the full-screen window will always be opaque.

These restrictions are not present for SWF content running in the stand-alone Flash Player or in AIR . AIR supports an interactive full-screen mode which allows keyboard input.

For AIR content running in full-screen mode, the system screen saver and power saving options are disabled while video content is playing and until until either the video stops or full-screen mode is exited.

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package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.display.Stage;
    import flash.events.*;
    import flash.net.NetConnection;
    import flash.net.NetStream;
    import flash.media.Video;
    
    public class FullScreenExample extends Sprite
    {
        private var videoURL:String = "testVideo.flv";
        private var connection:NetConnection;
        private var stream:NetStream;
        private var video:Video;        
        
        public function FullScreenExample() {
            connection = new NetConnection();
            connection.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatusHandler);
            connection.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, securityErrorHandler);
            connection.connect(null);
            
            loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, createMouseListener);            
        }

        private function createMouseListener(event:Event):void {
            stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,toggleFullScreen);
        }        
        
        private function toggleFullScreen(event:MouseEvent):void {
            switch(stage.displayState) {
                case "normal":
                    stage.displayState = "fullScreen";    
                    break;
                case "fullScreen":
                default:
                    stage.displayState = "normal";    
                    break;
            }
        }    
        
        // Video related:
        private function netStatusHandler(event:NetStatusEvent):void {
            switch (event.info.code) {
                case "NetConnection.Connect.Success":
                    connectStream();
                    break;
                case "NetStream.Play.StreamNotFound":
                    trace("Unable to locate video: " + videoURL);
                    break;
            }
        }
        private function connectStream():void {
            var stream:NetStream = new NetStream(connection);
            stream.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatusHandler);
            stream.addEventListener(AsyncErrorEvent.ASYNC_ERROR, asyncErrorHandler);

            video = new Video(stage.stageWidth,stage.stageHeight);
            video.attachNetStream(stream);
            stream.play(videoURL);
            addChild(video);
        }
        private function securityErrorHandler(event:SecurityErrorEvent):void {
            trace("securityErrorHandler: " + event);
        }
        private function asyncErrorHandler(event:AsyncErrorEvent):void {
            // ignore AsyncErrorEvent events.
        }            
    }
}

The interactive object with keyboard focus; or null if focus is not set or if the focused object belongs to a security sandbox to which the calling object does not have access.

Gets and sets the frame rate of the stage. The frame rate is defined as frames per second. By default the rate is set to the frame rate of the first SWF file loaded. Valid range for the frame rate is from 0.01 to 1000 frames per second.

Note: An application might not be able to follow high frame rate settings, either because the target platform is not fast enough or the player is synchronized to the vertical blank timing of the display device (usually 60 Hz on LCD devices). In some cases, a target platform might also choose to lower the maximum frame rate if it anticipates high CPU usage.

For content running in Adobe AIR, setting the frameRate property of one Stage object changes the frame rate for all Stage objects (used by different NativeWindow objects).

Returns the height of the monitor that will be used when going to full screen size, if that state is entered immediately. If the user has multiple monitors, the monitor that's used is the monitor that most of the stage is on at the time.

Note: If the user has the opportunity to move the browser from one monitor to another between retrieving the value and going to full screen size, the value could be incorrect. If you retrieve the value in an event handler that sets Stage.displayState to StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN, the value will be correct.

This is the pixel height of the monitor and is the same as the stage height would be if Stage.align is set to StageAlign.TOP_LEFT and Stage.scaleMode is set to StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE.

Player Version: Flash Player 9 Update 3.

See also

import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.display.Stage;
import flash.display.StageDisplayState;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;
 
// cover the stage with a green rectangle
var greenRect:Sprite = new Sprite();
greenRect.graphics.beginFill(0x00FF00);
greenRect.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, stage.stageWidth, stage.stageHeight);
addChild(greenRect);
 
// create red square on stage, turn it into a button for going to full screen
var redSquare:Sprite = new Sprite();
redSquare.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000);
redSquare.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 300, 300);
redSquare.x = 50;
redSquare.y = 50;
redSquare.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, enterFullScreen);
redSquare.buttonMode = true;
addChild(redSquare);
 
function enterFullScreen(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    // we will go to full screen zoomed in on the red square
    var redSquare:Sprite = e.target as Sprite;
    var fullScreenRect:Rectangle = new Rectangle(redSquare.x, redSquare.y, redSquare.width, redSquare.height);
 
    // calculate aspect ratio of the red square
    var rectAspectRatio:Number = fullScreenRect.width / fullScreenRect.height;
 
    // calculate aspect ratio of the screen
    var screenAspectRatio:Number = stage.fullScreenWidth / stage.fullScreenHeight;
  
    // change the fullScreenRect so that it covers the entire screen, keeping it centered on the redSquare
    // try commenting out this section to see what happens if you do not fix the aspect ratio.
    if (rectAspectRatio > screenAspectRatio) {
         var newHeight:Number = fullScreenRect.width / screenAspectRatio;
         fullScreenRect.y -= ((newHeight - fullScreenRect.height) / 2);
        fullScreenRect.height = newHeight;
    } else if (rectAspectRatio < screenAspectRatio) {
        var newWidth:Number = fullScreenRect.height * screenAspectRatio;
        fullScreenRect.x -= ((newWidth - fullScreenRect.width) / 2);
        fullScreenRect.width = newWidth;
    }
 
    // go to full screen
    stage.fullScreenSourceRect = fullScreenRect;
    stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN;
}

Sets Flash Player to scale a specific region of the stage to full-screen mode. If available, Flash Player scales in hardware, which uses the graphics and video card on a user's computer, and generally displays content more quickly than software scaling.

When this property is set to a valid rectangle and the displayState property is set to full-screen mode, Flash Player scales the specified area. The actual Stage size in pixels within ActionScript does not change. Flash Player enforces a minimum limit for the size of the rectangle to accommodate the standard "Press Esc to exit full-screen mode" message. This limit is usually around 260 by 30 pixels but can vary on platform and Flash Player version.

This property can only be set when Flash Player is not in full-screen mode. To use this property correctly, set this property first, then set the displayState property to full-screen mode, as shown in the code examples.

To enable scaling, set the fullScreenSourceRect property to a rectangle object:

  
  // valid, will enable hardware scaling
  stage.fullScreenSourceRect = new Rectangle(0,0,320,240); 
  

To disable scaling, set the fullScreenSourceRect=null in ActionScript 3.0, and undefined in ActionScript 2.0.

  stage.fullScreenSourceRect = null;
  

The end user also can select within Flash Player Display Settings to turn off hardware scaling, which is enabled by default. For more information, see www.adobe.com/go/display_settings.

Player Version: Flash Player 9 Update 3.

See also

 
import flash.geom.*; 
{
  stage.fullScreenSourceRect = new Rectangle(0,0,320,240);
  stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN;
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.display.StageDisplayState;
    import flash.media.Video;
    import flash.net.NetConnection;
    import flash.net.NetStream;
    import flash.events.NetStatusEvent;
    import flash.events.AsyncErrorEvent;
    import flash.events.SecurityErrorEvent;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.geom.Rectangle;
    
    public class Stage_fullScreenSourceRectExample2 extends Sprite {
        private var videoURL:String = "testVideo1.flv";
        private var connection:NetConnection;
        private var stream:NetStream;
        private var myVideo:Video;        
        private    var savedWidth:uint;
        private    var savedHeight:uint;
 
        public function Stage_fullScreenSourceRectExample2() {
    
            connection = new NetConnection();
             connection.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatusHandler);    
            connection.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, securityErrorHandler);
            connection.connect(null);

            loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, createMouseListener);            
        }

        private function createMouseListener(event:Event):void {
            stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, toggleFullScreen);
        }        

        private function toggleFullScreen(event:MouseEvent):void {

            if(stage.displayState == StageDisplayState.NORMAL) {
                myVideo.width = myVideo.videoWidth;
                  myVideo.height = myVideo.videoHeight;

                try {
                    stage.fullScreenSourceRect = new Rectangle(myVideo.x, myVideo.y, 
                                                           myVideo.width, myVideo.height);
                     stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN;

                 } catch (e:SecurityError) {
                     trace ("A security error occurred while switching to full screen: " + event);
                    myVideo.width = savedWidth;
                    myVideo.height = savedHeight;
                 }

            }else {
                myVideo.width = savedWidth;
                myVideo.height = savedHeight;
                stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.NORMAL;
            }
        }    

       private function netStatusHandler(event:NetStatusEvent):void {
            switch (event.info.code) {
                case "NetConnection.Connect.Success":
                    connectStream();
                    break;
                case "NetStream.Play.StreamNotFound":
                    trace ("Unable to locate video: " + videoURL);
                    break;
            }
        }

       private function connectStream():void {
            var stream:NetStream = new NetStream(connection);
            stream.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatusHandler);
            stream.addEventListener(AsyncErrorEvent.ASYNC_ERROR, asyncErrorHandler);     

             myVideo = new Video();
            myVideo.attachNetStream(stream);
            stream.play(videoURL);

            savedWidth = myVideo.width;
            savedHeight = myVideo.height;

            addChild(myVideo);
        }
       
        private function securityErrorHandler(event:SecurityErrorEvent):void {
            trace("securityErrorHandler: " + event);    
        }
        
        private function asyncErrorHandler(event:AsyncErrorEvent):void {
            
        }            
    }
}

Returns the width of the monitor that will be used when going to full screen size, if that state is entered immediately. If the user has multiple monitors, the monitor that's used is the monitor that most of the stage is on at the time.

Note: If the user has the opportunity to move the browser from one monitor to another between retrieving the value and going to full screen size, the value could be incorrect. If you retrieve the value in an event handler that sets Stage.displayState to StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN, the value will be correct.

This is the pixel width of the monitor and is the same as the stage width would be if Stage.align is set to StageAlign.TOP_LEFT and Stage.scaleMode is set to StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE.

Player Version: Flash Player 9 Update 3.

See also

import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.display.Stage;
import flash.display.StageDisplayState;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;
 
// cover the stage with a green rectangle
var greenRect:Sprite = new Sprite();
greenRect.graphics.beginFill(0x00FF00);
greenRect.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, stage.stageWidth, stage.stageHeight);
addChild(greenRect);
 
// create red square on stage, turn it into a button for going to full screen
var redSquare:Sprite = new Sprite();
redSquare.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000);
redSquare.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 300, 300);
redSquare.x = 50;
redSquare.y = 50;
redSquare.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, enterFullScreen);
redSquare.buttonMode = true;
addChild(redSquare);
 
function enterFullScreen(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    // we will go to full screen zoomed in on the red square
    var redSquare:Sprite = e.target as Sprite;
    var fullScreenRect:Rectangle = new Rectangle(redSquare.x, redSquare.y, redSquare.width, redSquare.height);
 
    // calculate aspect ratio of the red square
    var rectAspectRatio:Number = fullScreenRect.width / fullScreenRect.height;
 
    // calculate aspect ratio of the screen
    var screenAspectRatio:Number = stage.fullScreenWidth / stage.fullScreenHeight;
  
    // change the fullScreenRect so that it covers the entire screen, keeping it centered on the redSquare
    // try commenting out this section to see what happens if you do not fix the aspect ratio.
    if (rectAspectRatio > screenAspectRatio) {
         var newHeight:Number = fullScreenRect.width / screenAspectRatio;
         fullScreenRect.y -= ((newHeight - fullScreenRect.height) / 2);
        fullScreenRect.height = newHeight;
    } else if (rectAspectRatio < screenAspectRatio) {
        var newWidth:Number = fullScreenRect.height * screenAspectRatio;
        fullScreenRect.x -= ((newWidth - fullScreenRect.width) / 2);
        fullScreenRect.width = newWidth;
    }
 
    // go to full screen
    stage.fullScreenSourceRect = fullScreenRect;
    stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN;
}

Indicates the height of the display object, in pixels. The height is calculated based on the bounds of the content of the display object. When you set the height property, the scaleY property is adjusted accordingly, as shown in the following code:

 var rect:Shape = new Shape();
 rect.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000);
 rect.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100);
 trace(rect.scaleY) // 1;
 rect.height = 200;
 trace(rect.scaleY) // 2;

Except for TextField and Video objects, a display object with no content (such as an empty sprite) has a height of 0, even if you try to set height to a different value.

Determines whether or not the children of the object are mouse enabled. If an object is mouse enabled, a user can interact with it by using a mouse. The default is true.

This property is useful when you create a button with an instance of the Sprite class (instead of using the SimpleButton class). When you use a Sprite instance to create a button, you can choose to decorate the button by using the addChild() method to add additional Sprite instances. This process can cause unexpected behavior with mouse events because the Sprite instances you add as children can become the target object of a mouse event when you expect the parent instance to be the target object. To ensure that the parent instance serves as the target objects for mouse events, you can set the mouseChildren property of the parent instance to false.

No event is dispatched by setting this property. You must use the addEventListener() method to create interactive functionality.

A reference to the NativeWindow object containing this Stage.

The window represents the native operating system window; the Stage represents the content contained by the window. This property is only valid for content running in AIR. In Flash Player (content running in a browser), this property will be null.

Returns the number of children of this object.

A value from the StageQuality class that specifies which rendering quality is used. The following are valid values:

• StageQuality.LOW—Low rendering quality. Graphics are not anti-aliased, and bitmaps are not smoothed. This setting is not supported in Adobe AIR.
• StageQuality.MEDIUM—Medium rendering quality. Graphics are anti-aliased using a 2 x 2 pixel grid, but bitmaps are not smoothed. This setting is suitable for movies that do not contain text. This setting is not supported in Adobe AIR.
• StageQuality.HIGH—High rendering quality. Graphics are anti-aliased using a 4 x 4 pixel grid, and bitmaps are smoothed if the movie is static. This is the default rendering quality setting that Flash Player uses.
• StageQuality.BEST—Very high rendering quality. Graphics are anti-aliased using a 4 x 4 pixel grid and bitmaps are always smoothed.

Higher quality settings produce better rendering of scaled bitmaps. However, higher quality settings are computationally more expensive. In particular, when rendering scaled video, using higher quality settings can reduce the frame rate.

For content running in Adobe AIR, quality can be set to StageQuality.BEST or StageQuality.HIGH (and the default value is StageQuality.HIGH). Attempting to set it to another value has no effect (and the property remains unchanged).

For content running in Adobe AIR, setting the quality property of one Stage object changes the rendering quality for all Stage objects (used by different NativeWindow objects).

See also

A value from the StageScaleMode class that specifies which scale mode to use. The following are valid values:

• StageScaleMode.EXACT_FIT—The entire Flash application is visible in the specified area without distortion while maintaining the original aspect ratio of the application. Borders can appear on two sides of the application.
• StageScaleMode.SHOW_ALL—The entire Flash application is visible in the specified area without trying to preserve the original aspect ratio. Distortion can occur.
• StageScaleMode.NO_BORDER—The entire Flash application fills the specified area, without distortion but possibly with some cropping, while maintaining the original aspect ratio of the application.
• StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE—The entire Flash application is fixed, so that it remains unchanged even as the size of the player window changes. Cropping might occur if the player window is smaller than the content.

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Specifies whether to show or hide the default items in the Flash Player context menu.

If the showDefaultContextMenu property is set to true (the default), all context menu items appear. If the showDefaultContextMenu property is set to false, only the Settings and About Adobe Flash Player menu items appear.

Specifies whether or not objects display a glowing border when they have focus.

The current height, in pixels, of the Stage.

If the value of the Stage.scaleMode property is set to StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE when the user resizes the window, the Stage content maintains its size while the stageHeight property changes to reflect the new height size of the screen area occupied by the SWF file. (In the other scale modes, the stageHeight property always reflects the original height of the SWF file.) You can add an event listener for the resize event and then use the stageHeight property of the Stage class to determine the actual pixel dimension of the resized Flash Player window. The event listener allows you to control how the screen content adjusts when the user resizes the window.

Note: In an HTML page hosting the SWF file, both the object and embed tags' height attributes must be set to a percentage (such as 100%), not pixels. If the settings are generated by JavaScript code, the height parameter of the AC_FL_RunContent() method must be set to a percentage, too. This percentage is applied to the stageHeight value.

See also

Specifies the current width, in pixels, of the Stage.

If the value of the Stage.scaleMode property is set to StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE when the user resizes the window, the Stage content maintains its defined size while the stageWidth property changes to reflect the new width size of the screen area occupied by the SWF file. (In the other scale modes, the stageWidth property always reflects the original width of the SWF file.) You can add an event listener for the resize event and then use the stageWidth property of the Stage class to determine the actual pixel dimension of the resized Flash Player window. The event listener allows you to control how the screen content adjusts when the user resizes the window.

Note: In an HTML page hosting the SWF file, both the object and embed tags' width attributes must be set to a percentage (such as 100%), not pixels. If the settings are generated by JavaScript code, the width parameter of the AC_FL_RunContent() method must be set to a percentage, too. This percentage is applied to the stageWidth value.

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Determines whether the children of the object are tab enabled. Enables or disables tabbing for the children of the object. The default is true.

Returns a TextSnapshot object for this DisplayObjectContainer instance.

Indicates the width of the display object, in pixels. The width is calculated based on the bounds of the content of the display object. When you set the width property, the scaleX property is adjusted accordingly, as shown in the following code:

 var rect:Shape = new Shape();
 rect.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000);
 rect.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100);
 trace(rect.scaleX) // 1;
 rect.width = 200;
 trace(rect.scaleX) // 2;

Except for TextField and Video objects, a display object with no content (such as an empty sprite) has a width of 0, even if you try to set width to a different value.

Adds a child DisplayObject instance to this DisplayObjectContainer instance. The child is added to the front (top) of all other children in this DisplayObjectContainer instance. (To add a child to a specific index position, use the addChildAt() method.)

If you add a child object that already has a different display object container as a parent, the object is removed from the child list of the other display object container.

Parameters

Adds a child DisplayObject instance to this DisplayObjectContainer instance. The child is added at the index position specified. An index of 0 represents the back (bottom) of the display list for this DisplayObjectContainer object.

For example, the following example shows three display objects, labeled a, b, and c, at index positions 0, 2, and 1, respectively:

If you add a child object that already has a different display object container as a parent, the object is removed from the child list of the other display object container.

Parameters

Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event. You can register event listeners on all nodes in the display list for a specific type of event, phase, and priority.

After you successfully register an event listener, you cannot change its priority through additional calls to addEventListener(). To change a listener's priority, you must first call removeListener(). Then you can register the listener again with the new priority level.

Keep in mind that after the listener is registered, subsequent calls to addEventListener() with a different type or useCapture value result in the creation of a separate listener registration. For example, if you first register a listener with useCapture set to true, it listens only during the capture phase. If you call addEventListener() again using the same listener object, but with useCapture set to false, you have two separate listeners: one that listens during the capture phase and another that listens during the target and bubbling phases.

You cannot register an event listener for only the target phase or the bubbling phase. Those phases are coupled during registration because bubbling applies only to the ancestors of the target node.

If you no longer need an event listener, remove it by calling removeEventListener(), or memory problems could result. Objects with registered event listeners are not automatically removed from memory because the garbage collector does not remove objects that still have references.

Copying an EventDispatcher instance does not copy the event listeners attached to it. (If your newly created node needs an event listener, you must attach the listener after creating the node.) However, if you move an EventDispatcher instance, the event listeners attached to it move along with it.

If the event listener is being registered on a node while an event is being processed on this node, the event listener is not triggered during the current phase but can be triggered during a later phase in the event flow, such as the bubbling phase.

If an event listener is removed from a node while an event is being processed on the node, it is still triggered by the current actions. After it is removed, the event listener is never invoked again (unless registered again for future processing).

Parameters

function(evt:Event):void

Sets keyboard focus to the interactive object specified by objectToFocus, with the focus direction specified by the direction parameter.

The concept of focus direction must be defined by the application (or application framework). No intrinsic focus sorting of interactive objects exists, although you could use other available properties to establish an ordering principle. For example, you could sort interactive objects according to their positions on the Stage or in the display list. Calling assignFocus() is equivalent to setting the Stage.focus property, with the additional ability to indicate the direction from which the focus is being set.

The objectToFocus will dispatch a focusIn event on recieving focus. The direction property of the FocusEvent object will report the setting of the direction parameter.

If you assign an HTMLLoader object to the objectToFocus parameter, the HTMLLoader object selects the appropriate focusable object in the HTML DOM, based on the direction parameter value. If it is FocusDirection.BOTTOM, the focusable object in the HTML DOM at the end of the reading order is given focus. If it is FocusDirection.TOP, the focusable object in the HTML DOM at the beginning of the reading order is given focus. If it is NONE, the HTMLLoader object receives focus without changing its current focused element.

Parameters

See also

Dispatches an event into the event flow. The event target is the EventDispatcher object upon which the dispatchEvent() method is called.

Parameters

Checks whether the EventDispatcher object has any listeners registered for a specific type of event. This allows you to determine where an EventDispatcher object has altered handling of an event type in the event flow hierarchy. To determine whether a specific event type actually triggers an event listener, use willTrigger().

The difference between hasEventListener() and willTrigger() is that hasEventListener() examines only the object to which it belongs, whereas willTrigger() examines the entire event flow for the event specified by the type parameter.

When hasEventListener() is called from a LoaderInfo object, only the listeners that the caller can access are considered.

Parameters

Calling the invalidate() method signals Flash Player to alert display objects on the next opportunity it has to render the display list (for example, when the playhead advances to a new frame). After you call the invalidate() method, when the display list is next rendered, Flash Player sends a render event to each display object that has registered to listen for the render event. You must call the invalidate() method each time you want Flash Player to send render events.

The render event gives you an opportunity to make changes to the display list immediately before it is actually rendered. This lets you defer updates to the display list until the latest opportunity. This can increase performance by eliminating unnecessary screen updates.

The render event is dispatched only to display objects that are in the same security domain as the code that calls the stage.invalidate() method, or to display objects from a security domain that has been granted permission via the Security.allowDomain() method.

See also

Determines whether the Stage.focus property returns null for security reasons. In other words, isFocusInaccessible returns true if the object that has focus belongs to a security sandbox to which the SWF file does not have access.

Removes a child DisplayObject from the specified index position in the child list of the DisplayObjectContainer. The parent property of the removed child is set to null, and the object is garbage collected if no other references to the child exist. The index positions of any display objects above the child in the DisplayObjectContainer are decreased by 1.

The garbage collector reallocates unused memory space. When a variable or object is no longer actively referenced or stored somewhere, the garbage collector sweeps through and wipes out the memory space it used to occupy if no other references to it exist.

Parameters

Changes the position of an existing child in the display object container. This affects the layering of child objects. For example, the following example shows three display objects, labeled a, b, and c, at index positions 0, 1, and 2, respectively:

When you use the setChildIndex() method and specify an index position that is already occupied, the only positions that change are those in between the display object's former and new position. All others will stay the same. If a child is moved to an index LOWER than its current index, all children in between will INCREASE by 1 for their index reference. If a child is moved to an index HIGHER than its current index, all children in between will DECREASE by 1 for their index reference. For example, if the display object container in the previous example is named container, you can swap the position of the display objects labeled a and b by calling the following code:

container.setChildIndex(container.getChildAt(1), 0);

This code results in the following arrangement of objects:

Parameters

Swaps the z-order (front-to-back order) of the child objects at the two specified index positions in the child list. All other child objects in the display object container remain in the same index positions.

Parameters

Checks whether an event listener is registered with this EventDispatcher object or any of its ancestors for the specified event type. This method returns true if an event listener is triggered during any phase of the event flow when an event of the specified type is dispatched to this EventDispatcher object or any of its descendants.

The difference between the hasEventListener() and the willTrigger() methods is that hasEventListener() examines only the object to which it belongs, whereas the willTrigger() method examines the entire event flow for the event specified by the type parameter.

When willTrigger() is called from a LoaderInfo object, only the listeners that the caller can access are considered.

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Dispatched when the Stage object enters, or leaves, full-screen mode. A change in full-screen mode can be initiated through ActionScript, or the user invoking a keyboard shortcut, or if the current focus leaves the full-screen window.

This event has the following properties:

Dispatched by the Stage object when the mouse pointer moves out of the stage area.

This event has the following properties:

Dispatched when the scaleMode property of the Stage object is set to StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE and the SWF file is resized.

This event has the following properties:

1. The class constructor first sets the Flash application to be fixed, regardless of the size of the Flash Player window and then adds two event listeners with the activateHandler() and resizeHandler() methods.
2. The activateHandler() method runs when the left mouse button is clicked.
3. The resizeHandler() method runs when the stage is resized.

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.display.StageAlign;
    import flash.display.StageScaleMode;
    import flash.events.Event;

    public class StageExample extends Sprite {

        public function StageExample() {
            stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
            stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
            stage.addEventListener(Event.ACTIVATE, activateHandler);
            stage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZE, resizeHandler);
        }

        private function activateHandler(event:Event):void {
            trace("activateHandler: " + event);
        }

        private function resizeHandler(event:Event):void {
            trace("resizeHandler: " + event);
            trace("stageWidth: " + stage.stageWidth + " stageHeight: " + stage.stageHeight);
        }
    }
}