Try "change" event
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 7:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Detecting click of menubar on root I am creating a menubar that does not have any drop down items and I am not sure how to detect clicks on these "root" menu items. The following function only appears to detect clicks on drop down items private function menuHandler(event:MenuEvent):void { Alert.show("Label: " + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + "\n" + "Data: " + [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Clicked menu item"); } I basically just have a one tier menu as follows: Help | Configure | Quit Thanks in advance Paul

