ActionScript 3.0 :: Effective / Quick Management Of Elements On Webpage?
Jun 6, 2010
Just a question about a page im building.. it may not be the optimal method of doing it (and im open to other suggestions) but still would like an answer to if the below is possible... Every time I switch pages, the 'new elements specific to that page' are created with AS3, placed on the page, animated etc etc. On frame one I have attached to each button a 'check' for the destination when the button is clicked and based on where the user currently is, all elements from that section are removed from the stage.
My question... I am removing each element individually by its name.. and some sections are quite large and i plan to modify heavily continuously. Can I add them to an (invisible) container of sorts in each of their respective sections and then remove via some kind of '.childrenOf' method ?? eg. when user is in the 'about' section of the site and clicks to go 'home', all elements in 'about container' are removed via 'for all childrenOf about_container ?
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