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JeffWinder
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get position of extension relative to screen

Apr 26, 2012 3:43 AM

hi,

 

how go i get the position of my extension panel relative to the screen?

 

I'm using a CSXSWindowedApplication for a Premiere extension and thought

that

stage.nativeWindow.x, stage.nativeWindow.y

or

nativeWindow.x, nativeWindow.y

should do it, but I always get back

0, 1050

1050 being they resolutuon of my screen,

 

thanks!
Jeff.

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  • JeffWinder
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    1. JeffWinder,
    Apr 26, 2012 6:01 AM   in reply to JeffWinder
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    okay, this seems to be a bug (in the Premiere SDK?),

    as the exact same extension hosted by Illutrator shows the correct position when using

    both

    stage.nativeWindow.x, stage.nativeWindow.y

    and

    nativeWindow.x, nativeWindow.y

     
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    2. JeffWinder,
    Apr 26, 2012 6:45 AM   in reply to JeffWinder
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    What I'm trying to do is position a new window (type tooltip) relative to certain items in my main panel,

    therefore I wanted to know the x and y position of that panel. Is there any other way to do this?

     
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    3. zak.nelson,
    Apr 26, 2012 10:07 AM   in reply to JeffWinder
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    The function you're looking for is nativeWindow.globalToScreen(), see: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/fla sh/display/NativeWindow.html#globalToScreen()

     

    Again, this function is dependent on the application's implementation, so like what you've already seen with x/y position, its support will vary between applications.

     
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    4. JeffWinder,
    Apr 27, 2012 1:35 AM   in reply to zak.nelson
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    Thanks, I should have mentioned that I had tried that too. Same result when using these:

    nativeWindow.globalToScreen(new Point(x,y))  );

    nativeWindow.globalToScreen(new Point(mouseX,mouseY))  );

    stage.nativeWindow.globalToScreen(new Point(tabNavigator.x,tabNavigator.y))  );

     

    Again, in Illustrator the above code works fine, in Premiere it always returns (0, screen y resolution).

    Any other ideas are very welcome, positioning a window relative to another one should be a pretty basic part of the api.

     
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