When you recieve an event the difference between event.currentTarget and
event.target could be of much help. I can never remember which is which but
check the language reference. But nothing like disabling the childrens mouse
events with mouseChildren = false;
2008/9/24 Matt S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I find that sometimes if the font for the dynamic text isnt embedded
> it can cause weird mouseover issues, where the mouse is affected by
> the dynamic text, even if I set mouseChildren and mouseEnabled to
> false.
>
> 2ยข...
>
> .m
>
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I am programming a drag and drop using a instance array. The problem I
> > am having is that the instances have dynamic text within them. I am
> > trying to track what symbol the user clicked so that I can drag that
> > instance. Well... sometimes, the program registers the button name, and
> > sometimes it registers the text within the button. Is there a clean way
> > to prevent this from happening?
> >
> > Any help you can provide is appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Susan
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > var aButtons:Array = new Array(b0, b1, b2, b3);
> > aButtons[0].txDrag.text= "Drag 1";
> > aButtons[1].txDrag.text= "Drag 2";
> > aButtons[2].txDrag.text= "Drag 3";
> > aButtons[3].txDrag.text= "Drag 4";
> >
> > //var _rectangle:Sprite;
> > var i:Number;
> >
> >
> > for (i= 0; i < aButtons.length; i++) {
> > aButtons[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,
> > startDragging);
> > aButtons[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stopDragging);
> >
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> > function startDragging(event:MouseEvent):void {
> > var count:Number = aButtons.length;
> > var index:Number;
> > trace(event.target.name)
> > for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
> > if (evt.target.name == aButtons[i].name ) {
> > //drag code to be added...
> > aButtons[i].startDrag();
> > }
> >
> >
> >
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