Display programming

Display programming in Adobe® ActionScript® 3.0 allows you to work with elements that appear on the Stage of Adobe® Flash® Player or Adobe® AIR™. This chapter describes the basic concepts for working with on-screen elements. You’ll learn the details about programmatically organizing visual elements. You’ll also learn about creating your own custom classes for display objects.

• Basics of display programming
• Core display classes
• Advantages of the display list approach
• Working with display objects
• Manipulating display objects
• Animating objects
• Loading display content dynamically
• Example: SpriteArranger