Re add mxml element once it has been removed from display object

Question

I have some MXML elements which i would like to remove and add to a parent element. Unfortunately I am constrained to removing the MXML object as this is handled by the custom component. So is there any way to reinstate a removed MXML element back into the display list?

Sorry if this is an old question, or am i missing something obvious.

A

Answer 1

You have to store a reference to the component as a variable somehow.

var myComponent : UIComponent = mxmlID
this.removeChild(myComponent)

Then at some future point you can do this:

this.addChild(myComponent);

Nothing about using custom components should affect this at all. I'm unclear what happens behind the scenes with MXML set IDs that are removed; but I assume they are garbage collected and you won't be able to access the same component w/ the same ID.