Thank you VERY much. ROLL_OUT was exactly what I needed. On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Gregory Boland <[email protected]>wrote:
> there are several ways to combat this but i think what you want to use is > ROLL_OVER and ROLL_OUT on the parent instead of the MOUSE_OVER and > MOUSE_OUT. rollover and rollout are different as rollover ignores the > children, check out this post > > http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1948052 > > <http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1948052>other than that you > can try mouseChildren = false on the parent sprite if you don't care about > the stuff inside having mouseevent properties > > greg > > On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 8:45 PM, [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey list, > > > > I'm surprised I didn't notice this behaviour sooner, and I wonder how to > > get > > around it. > > > > Suppose you have a parent sprite and a child sprite. The child is small > > enough to fit within the parent. The parent has a mouseOut event > listener. > > It seems that the child sprite's mouseOuts are also listened for, > although > > the mouse is still within the parent. > > > > Is it possible to listen ONLY for the parent's mouse events, not the > > child's? > > > > Example code: > > > > var parentSprite:Sprite = new Sprite(); > > addChild(parentSprite); > > parentSprite.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000); > > parentSprite.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100); > > parentSprite.name = "parental" > > > > var childSprite:Sprite = new Sprite(); > > parentSprite.addChild(childSprite); > > childSprite.graphics.beginFill(0x0000FF); > > childSprite.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 20, 20); > > childSprite.x = childSprite.y = 30; > > childSprite.name = "kiddie"; > > > > parentSprite.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, mouseHandler) > > > > function mouseHandler (e:MouseEvent):void { > > trace("e.target.name: " + e.target.name) > > trace("e.currentTarget.name: " + e.currentTarget.name) > > trace("") > > } > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
