I am trying to solve the following problem: given the coordinates of a point in a flash movie, determine the targetPath of the object that is currently displayed at that point. In simple cases I have been able to do this by looping through a list of possible target objects and calling hitTest() on each one.
However, issues arise when there are multiple objects for which hitTest() returns true. This can happen with hidden objects, or more often, objects sitting on layers that aren't currently visible. Sometimes I can compare the depth of 2 conflicting objects, and I assume whichever one has a larger depth is rendered in front of the other. This doesn't always work, however. I am debugging a case where there are two objects that return hitTest()=true, have identical depths, have identical bounding boxes, and both have _visible set to true. Only one of them is actually visible to the user at any given time, however. What other properties of a movieclip can be checked to determine if it's really the one that the user can currently see? Or is there a better way to do this, rather than using hitTest()? Let me know if I can clarify. Thanks, Vishal _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
