The problem is that the Bitmap class is not an InteractiveObject, so it can't receive mouse or keyboard events. And the parent Sprite (the root of your application) doesn't receive mouse events because it doesn't have anything drawn into its hit area (child objects, like the bitmap, don't count).
The easiest solution if you want to guarantee that your root sprite catches everything is to simply fill its graphics with a rectangle with zero alpha. You won't see anything, but all the pixels of the hit area will be set. Troy. On 4/19/07, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Then I would have some fullscreen child of the mainclass so the mouse has something to hit. ------------------------------ *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Ronnie Liew *Sent:* Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:46 PM *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Root sprite not responding to MouseEvent ? Hi Alex, I am not creating a Flex Project, I am creating an Actionscript Project. Not too sure but in this case, I don't think the SystemManager is in the picture. Is that correct? On 4/20/07, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <aharui%40adobe.com>> wrote: > > > > > > > > In a Flex app, the swf file's main class is SystemManager. It has some > children one of which is the Application. If you click anywhere on the > background of the application you should get mouseDown events. I do in my > tests, and the target is the application because it totally covers the > SystemManager. > > Are you in a different topology or seeing something else? Set a breakpoint > on SystemManager.as:mouseDownHandler. > > -Alex > > ________________________________ > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On > Behalf Of Ronnie Liew > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:15 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Root sprite not responding to MouseEvent ? > > > > > > > After some research and googling, the conclusion that I can draw is > that for mouse event, it is abit unusual. Apparently, the main > application class (which by default extends from a Sprite class), will > not receive mouse events directly. Mouse events seemed to be the only > exception, all other events like the keyboard events, enterframe work > fine. > > In order for the main application class to receive mouse event, it > must be through a child (capable of dispatching a mouse event) in the > its display list via bubbling or capture phase. > > According to Colin Moock, > "Mouse interactions with vector content drawn via the graphics > property of a .swf file's main class do not trigger mouse events. > However, mouse interactions with vector content drawn via the graphics > property of any other instance of InteractiveObject or its subclasses > do trigger mouse events. " > > So I guess, using the bitmap object probably fall under "mouse > interactions with vector content drawn via the graphics property"? > > > > > > > On 4/19/07, Ronnie Liew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<ronnieliew%40gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > > the main app is a sprite, it should respond to mouse move right? and > > > > it does have a child and that is the visible pixel. > > > > > > > > How come it doesn't trace out? > > > > > > Did you forget to add your Sprite to the Stage? > > > > > > e > > > > > > > > >
