okay i've tried everything i can find in the book re: this problem
and it doesn't seem to be having any affect
i've tried the mouseChildren option (commented out) and useCapture
tomfoolery (seems to be firing in the CAPTURING_PHASE as that's the
only one i can get any result from) and i've also tried separating
the graphic elements from the container displayobject to get rid of
any code wierdness. I've even tried putting the solid block on top of
the text and applying the event to that but none of it has worked.
here is my code (with eventphase extra bits in place):
private function createPeriodBar(dateStart:int, dateEnd:int,
pbTitle:String, pbDate:String, pbList:Array = null):void
{
var pixelStart:int = yearsToPixels(dateStart);
var pixelEnd:int = yearsToPixels(dateEnd);
var pbX:int = pixelStart;
var pbWidth:int = pixelEnd - pixelStart;
var pbYStart:int = taTitleBarHeight + pbSpace;
var pbY:int = pbYStart + pbGetY(dateStart, dateEnd) * (pbHeight
+pbSpace);
var pbcontainer:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
var pb:Shape = new Shape();
if (uint(dateEnd-dateStart) > 1)
{
pb.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF,.3);// white 50%
alpha
pb.graphics.drawRoundRect(0,0,pbWidth,pbHeight,pbHeight);
pb.graphics.endFill();
pbcontainer.x = pbX;
pbcontainer.y = pbY;
var pbText:SimpleTextField = new SimpleTextField(0xFFFFFF, 14,
headingFont, 4, -2, pbWidth-4, 25, pbTitle, false);
pbText.selectable = false;
pbText.text += " ";
pbText.text += pbDate;
var pbf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
pbf.font =
subheadingFont;
pbf.size = 10;
var pbCurrentLength =
pbTitle.length+1;
var pbDateLength = pbText.length;
pbText.setTextFormat(pbf, pbCurrentLength,
pbDateLength);
pbcontainer.addChild(pbText);
pbcontainer.addChild(pb);
//pb.mouseChildren = false; //
} else
{
pb.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF,.5);// white 50%
alpha
pb.graphics.drawCircle(0,0,pbHeight/2);
pb.graphics.endFill();
pbcontainer.x = pbX;
pbcontainer.y = pbY+(pbHeight/2);
pbcontainer.addChild(pb);
}
pbcontainer.rolloverText = pbTitle + "\n" + pbDate;
pbcontainer.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,
pbMouseOverListener, true); // changed to click to make it easier to
track
scrollableBase.addChild(pbcontainer);
}
private function pbMouseOverListener(e:MouseEvent):void
{
if (e.eventPhase == EventPhase.CAPTURING_PHASE)
{
mfTextField.text = e.target.rolloverText;
trace (e.target.rolloverText);
mouseFollower.visible = true;
}
}
really hope you can help because i'm stumped (and it's 12.15 am ;) )
a
On 31 Mar 2008, at 23:20, Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle) wrote:
i have the moock book but i couldn't get my head round the bubbling
phase and how it affected me - i need to look into it a bit more
i added mouseChildren=false but it made the entire event stop -
even on the objects that were working before, and i didn't even get
the error
is this because i've drawn directly in the sprite?
here's what i did:
private function createPeriodBar(dateStart:int, dateEnd:int,
pbTitle:String, pbDate:String, pbList:Array = null):void
{
var pixelStart:int = yearsToPixels(dateStart);
var pixelEnd:int = yearsToPixels(dateEnd);
var pbX:int = pixelStart;
var pbWidth:int = pixelEnd - pixelStart;
var pbYStart:int = taTitleBarHeight + pbSpace;
var pbY:int = pbYStart + pbGetY(dateStart, dateEnd) * (pbHeight
+pbSpace);
var pb:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
if (uint(dateEnd-dateStart) > 1)
{
pb.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF,.3);// white 50%
alpha
pb.graphics.drawRoundRect(0,0,pbWidth,pbHeight,pbHeight);
pb.graphics.endFill();
pb.x = pbX;
pb.y = pbY;
var pbText:SimpleTextField = new SimpleTextField(0xFFFFFF, 14,
headingFont, 4, -2, pbWidth-4, 25, pbTitle, false);
pbText.selectable = false;
pbText.text += " ";
pbText.text += pbDate;
var pbf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
pbf.font =
subheadingFont;
pbf.size = 10;
var pbCurrentLength =
pbTitle.length+1;
var pbDateLength = pbText.length;
pbText.setTextFormat(pbf, pbCurrentLength,
pbDateLength);
pb.addChild(pbText);
pb.mouseChildren =
false; /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--------------------------------- HERE
} else
{
pb.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF,.5);// white 50%
alpha
pb.graphics.drawCircle(0,0,pbHeight/2);
pb.graphics.endFill();
pb.x = pbX;
pb.y = pbY+(pbHeight/2);
}
pb.rolloverText = pbTitle + "\n" + pbDate;
pb.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, pbMouseOverListener,
true);
scrollableBase.addChild(pb);
}
thanks for your input so far
a
On 31 Mar 2008, at 22:30, Steven Sacks wrote:
IMO, explaining Event Bubbling as the reason the TextField is the
target is complicating the immediate solution he needs, which is
mouseChildren = false.
Yes, it's Event Bubbling that's causing the target to be the
TextField. To understand Event Bubbling, read about it in the
docs, or better yet, in a book (like Moock's). But, then you MUST
do it yourself to learn how it works. If you don't play with it
yourself, you will never "get it" no matter how much somebody
explains it to you. I'm fully convinced of that. You gotta mess
around with it to fully understand why it's so amazingly awesome.
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