event.currentTarget.name
event.currentTarget.id
Maybe?
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Lucas Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> I've got an issue where I'm creating a series of buttons inside of a loop.
> I'm then creating an Event Listener inside that loop to go along with the
> button to create an onClick event. Is there anyway I can pass a value or
> even get the name of the button that was clicked inside of the Event
> Listener? I've tried "this.name" but it just gives the application
> name.
>
> Here's my loop and my event listener:
>
> for(var m:int = 0; m < optionArray.length; m++)
> {
> var optionHBox:HBox = new HBox();
> var optionImage:Image = new Image();
> var optionButton:Button = new Button(); //button creations
> var optionLabel:Text = new Text();
> optionLabel.width = 100;
> optionLabel.percentHeight = 100;
>
> optionImage.source = optionArray[m].optionURL;
> optionImage.setStyle("horizontalCenter","0");
> optionImage.addEventListener("click",clickColor);
>
>
> optionLabel.htmlText = optionArray[m].label;
> optionButton.toggle = true;
>
> optionButton.name = "optionButton" + i + m; //button
> name
> optionButton.id = "optionButton" + i + m; //
> button ID
> optionButton.addEventListener("click",optionClick);
>
>
> optionButton.setStyle("horizontalCenter","0");
>
> optionHBox.addChild(optionButton);
> optionHBox.addChild(optionImage);
> optionHBox.addChild(optionLabel);
> optionHBox.y = newLabel2.y + 30;
>
> optionHBox.width = 235;
> optionHBox.setStyle("horizontalCenter","0");
> optionHBox.setStyle("horizontalAlign","center");
> optionVBox.addChild(optionHBox);
> }
>
>
> and here's the event Listener Function:
>
> private function optionClick(event:Event):void
> {
> Alert.show(this.name); //this is just here to try and see if I
> can get a value though.
> }
>
>
>
> Thanks for the help!
> Luke
>
>
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