Flex: Determine if a component is showing

Question

What is the best way to determine if a component in Flex/Flash is showing on the user\'s screen? I\'m looking for an analog to Java\'s Component.isShowing() method.

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Answer 1

You want to check if the component property visible is true and this is for all the parents of your component in the DisplayList, am I correct?

public static function isVisible(c : UIComponent) : Boolean {
    if (c == null) return false;
    if (c is Application) return c.visible;
    return c.visible && isVisible(c.parent);
}