e.target will change depending on what was clicked inside the thing you
are listening to events from...
If you want to know the thing sending the event - the thing you are
listening to, use e.currentTarget
This explains it a bit more:
http://mysticnomad.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/difference-between-eventtarget-and-eventcurrenttarget-properties-in-an-event-object/
Kurt Dommermuth wrote:
Hi All,
New to AS3. I'm enjoying it, but occasionally I run into issue where I
don't know even what to search for to learn more.
The short of it is this:
//The first line is using an object "o" to store the loader info.
//This was need because I had loaded an external swf and am loading
//assets from it's library into the main container.
var asset_class = o.loader_info.applicationDomain.getDefinition("linkage
name") as Class;
var asset_mc:MovieClip = new asset_class() as MovieClip;
addChild(asset_mc);
asset_mc.my_variable = "some value";
asset_mc.buttonMode = true;
asset_mc.useHandCursor = true;
asset_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, loadGame);
function loadGame(e:MouseEvent):void
{
trace(e.target.my_variable);
trace(e.target)
}
The trace will give me the expected value if I click on certain parts of
asset_mc.
If I click on a nested movie clip it will trace as undefined.
So, it seems that e.target changes depending on what I click on within
asset_mc.
I had a similar problem when I used MOUSE_OVER instead of ROLL_OVER.
Anyway, that target gives me a different value depending on what I click on.
Sort of makes sense, but how do I "drill down" to get to the variable I
assigned to asset_mc? I can think of ways, but it seems awfully convoluted.
I think what I'm looking for is the "root" of asset_mc. How do I find it?
Any ideas?
Hope I'm making sense.
Thank you,
Kurt
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