[news.eclipse.tools.gef] Re: Still struggling with coordinates

["Randy Hudson" <none@xxxxxxxxxx>]

What you are asking is the opposite of what XYLayout does when it lays out. 
So refer to its layout method

"Brad Reynolds" <bradleyjames@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> There's something fundamental that I'm missing and hopefully someone can 
> straighten me out.  I have a figure that contains another figure.  What I 
> want is to be able to get the coordinates of the child figure relative to 
> it's parent's figure.  When I call any of the translate methods the check 
> to useLocalCoordinates() always returns false so it doesn't translate. 
> How can I translate a figure's bounds to be relative to it's parent?
>
> Thanks,
> Brad