ActionScript 3.0 :: Referencing A Dynamic/scalable "y" Position?
Oct 24, 2010
I'm including an image which will help describe my problem. I want two gradients to expand from the top and bottom of the page, to have their bottom and top edges respectively stretch and connect with an another object's top and bottom edges located in the center of the screen, scalably and dynamically.
indevelopment.outsidethemenu.com/pageLayoutHelp.jpg Since the middle area's "y" is scalable and dynamic, the "bottomContainer.y = TextArea.y + TextArea.height;" which I am using is not working, for example.
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