The mouse events are very low-level and fire a lot.
Try rollOver and rollOut instead. Tracy ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tchredeemed Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 12:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] mouseOver and mouseOut code: <mx:HBox mouseOver="moCanvas.visible=true;" mouseOut="moCanvas.visible=false;" > <mx:Text text="test" /> <mx:Canvas id="moCanvas" width="10" height="10" visible="false" backgroundColor="0x000000" /> </mx:HBox> Obviously simplified, basically I am interested in finding out why the mouseOut event is triggered when I mouse over different parts of the HBox. For instance, when I mouseOver the text, it shows the moCanvas, when I mouse off the text but stay in the "HBox" it hides the moCanvas... Any ideas?

