The following example shows how you can create a Flex Alert control that isn’t draggable by listening for the mouseDown event and calling the stopImmediatePropagation() method in the event handler.
Full code after the jump.
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/03/21/creating-an-undraggable-alert-control-in-flex/ -->
< mx:Application xmlns:mx ="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout ="vertical"
verticalAlign ="middle"
backgroundColor ="white" >
< mx:Script >
<![CDATA[
import mx.controls.Alert;
private function draggableAlert():void {
Alert.show("Drag me!");
}
private function undraggableAlert():void {
var alert:Alert = Alert.show("Drag me!");
alert.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, alert_mouseDown, true);
}
private function alert_mouseDown(evt:MouseEvent):void {
evt.stopImmediatePropagation();
}
]]>
</ mx:Script >
< mx:ApplicationControlBar dock ="true" >
< mx:Button label ="Draggable Alert"
click ="draggableAlert();" />
< mx:Button label ="Undraggable Alert"
click ="undraggableAlert();" />
</ mx:ApplicationControlBar >
</ mx:Application >
