How to get a component's xy attributes on an xypanel

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I create an image in an xypanel in code, it all works quite nicely.

I can resize up and down by manipulating the image’s width and height properties

Can I move the image around the xypanel by changing the x/y values? I don’t think those are properties available to me once that image component has been placed on the xypanel.

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I’ve not used x/y panels myself, so there might be a more sophisticated method, but as a workaround you could remove the image from the x/y panel and re-add it at a different location.

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Precisely what I’m doing! Since it’s all front-end, it’s quite fast. XYPanel let’s me let the user add an image(multiple images) and resize them and move them around… .I’m basically re-creating powerpoint light

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How about a function that

  1. Adds the component to the XYPanel, and
  2. Logs the coordinates in a dict? For later reference.
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That’s actually what I’m moving to… using the tag element to store a dictionary. So far this tool is shaping up nicely!