ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition By Colin Moock
Chapter 18. ActionScript Language Reference
Stage Object
Flash 6
access to a movie's size, scale settings, and alignment
Properties
align
Placement of the movie in the Flash Player.
height
Pixel height of the available Flash Player display area or the author-time document height, depending on the value of scaleMode.
scaleMode
Dictates how the movie is sized, relative to the Player.
showMenu
Boolean; determines the items displayed in the Flash Player's contextual menu.
width
Pixel width of the available Flash Player display area or the author-time document width, depending on the value of scaleMode.
Methods
addListener( )
Registers an object to receive onResize( ) events.
removeListener( )
Cancels event notices for the specified listener.
Listener Events
onResize( )
Occurs when movie is resized.
Description
The Stage object represents the characteristics of the Flash Player's runtime display area. It tells us the current dimensions of the movie, notifies us when the movie changes size, and provides control over global movie settings, such as which options appear in the Player's contextual menu (brought up via right-click on Windows or Ctrl-click on Macintosh). Mostly, the Stage object is used to adjust the visual layout of a movie when the browser or Standalone Player is resized.
Note that Stage is a predefined object, not a class. Its properties and methods are accessed directly, as in:
trace(Stage.width); // Displays the width of the movie
