I think this is a known problem... What about adding a stage rollout event, and then there dispatch a mouse up if needed?
Give it a go (have not tested myself) On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 5:45 PM, graham.t...@rocketmail.com < graham.t...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > In the following example, I've got a stage-level mouseUp listener. In the > application window, I can click-drag off-window and, when I release, the > mouseUp event will fire. > > However, if I start my click-drag on the label and release off-screen, I do > _not_ get the mouseUp event. > > (I think setting mouseChildren=false on thetestContainer resolves the issue > for this test, but it's not practical for my application.) > > Anyone have any ideas? > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > layout="absolute" > applicationComplete="onApplicationComplete(event)"> > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import mx.events.FlexEvent; > > private function onApplicationComplete(e:FlexEvent):void > { > stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onMouseUp); > } > > private function onMouseUp(e:MouseEvent):void > { > trace ("onMouseUp fired"); > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> > > <mx:Canvas id="testContainer" width="400" height="100" > backgroundColor="#00ff00"> > <mx:Label text="Click-drag from _label_ to off-window. Release. No > mouseUp."/> > </mx:Canvas> > </mx:Application> > > > -- Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. Founder, Phinnovation fotis.chatzini...@gmail.com,
