Ok, maybe just check it's type: if (evt.target is FlexLoader)
-TH --- In [email protected], Ken Dunnington <ken.dunning...@...> wrote: > > Hi Tim, unfortunately, that's exactly what happens :) > If you apply a backgroundImage, the target of the click event will be the > FlexLoader instance for that image, or in the case of a SWF, it'll be the > actual SWF instance. To make matters worse, the background image is (as far > as I've been able to tell) indistinguishable from a regular child, in that > it counts towards numChildren's value, returns true on contains() and owns() > etc. I'm looking through the SDK source to try to find exactly where it's > added and how it manages to stay behind everything, but this is certainly > puzzling. > - Ken > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Tim Hoff timh...@... wrote: > > > Hi Ken, > > > > I'm pretty sure that the target will never be the background image itself; > > but rather the Canvas. One hack is to check the type: > > > > if (evt.target is Canvas) > > > > -TH > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Ken Dunnington ken.dunnington@ > > wrote: > > > > > > I've got a custom component based on Canvas, and I'm programmatically > > > setting its background-image style to a loaded SWF. I need to be able to > > > differentiate between a click on the background, and a click on any of > > the > > > other children. WIth no background set, I was using this code: > > > > > > private function clickHandler (evt:MouseEvent):void > > > > > > { > > > > > > if (evt.target == this) > > > > > > { > > > > > > setFocus(); > > > > > > dispatchEvent(new CanvasEvent(CanvasEvent.CLEAR_FOCUS)); > > > > > > } > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > WIth a background-image, however, this no longer works. I've also tried > > > listening for the target phase, but the event never actually reaches the > > > canvas object. I do have a separate ICollectionView instance containing > > all > > > the other children, but I'd like to avoid having to use that for this > > > handler, if possible. > > > > > > > > > >
