Actionscript Cookbook

11.2. Positioning Form Elements

Problem

You want to programmatically position form elements.

Solution

Set the _x and _y properties of each element.

Discussion

Components are derived from movie clips, so they support the basic movie clip properties and methods, including the _x and _y properties. You can set the _x and _y properties of any component to position it on stage, just as you would with a movie clip:

myComponentInstance._x = 90;
myComponentInstance._y = 180;

See Also

For more complex positioning, see Recipe 11.8 and Recipe 11.22