Creating an undraggable TitleWindow container in Flex

The following examples show how you can create an undraggable TitleWindow container by setting the isPopUp property to false on the TitleWindow instance.

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/08/16/creating-an-undraggable-titlewindow-container-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application name="PopUpManager_TitleWindow_isPopUp_test"
        xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.containers.TitleWindow;
            import mx.managers.PopUpManager;

            private var titleWin:MyTitleWin;

            private function launch():void {
                titleWin = PopUpManager.createPopUp(this, MyTitleWin, true) as MyTitleWin;
                PopUpManager.centerPopUp(titleWin);
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Button id="btn"
                label="Launch TitleWindow PopUp"
                click="launch();" />
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

</mx:Application>

 

MyTitleWin.mxml

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/08/16/creating-an-undraggable-titlewindow-container-in-flex/ -->
<mx:TitleWindow xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="absolute"
        showCloseButton="true"
        title="TitleWindow"
        width="300"
        height="200"
        close="titleWin_close(event);">

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.core.IFlexDisplayObject;
            import mx.events.CloseEvent;
            import mx.managers.PopUpManager;

            private function titleWin_close(evt:CloseEvent):void {
                PopUpManager.removePopUp(evt.target as IFlexDisplayObject);
            }

            private function checkBox_change(evt:Event):void {
                this.isPopUp = checkBox.selected;
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:Label text="Drag this window"
            horizontalCenter="0"
            verticalCenter="0" />

    <mx:ControlBar>
        <mx:CheckBox id="checkBox"
                label="isPopUp:"
                labelPlacement="left"
                selected="true"
                change="checkBox_change(event);" />
    </mx:ControlBar>

</mx:TitleWindow>