Bitmaps not clickable?

[praufet]

Are Bitmaps not clickable? I have the following code just as a test and nothing happens. Even though bitmaps inherit from the eventdispatcher. A contentloaderinfo seems to be clickable though. What gives?

import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;

var bmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(100,100,false,0xFFFF9900);
var bmp:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bmd)
bmp.addEventListener(Event.SELECT,test);
addChild(bmp);

function test(){
trace("test");
}

[Tink]

trybmp.addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, test );

[dr_zeus]

You should use the MouseEvent.CLICK event if you want to capture mouse clicks. See changes:.

import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;

var bmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(100,100,false,0xFFFF9900);
var bmp:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bmd)
bmp.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,test);
addChild(bmp);

function test(event:MouseEvent){
trace("test");
}

Also, when you're working with event listeners, you should remember to pass the event as a parameter.

[praufet]

sorry I had that, but changed it to try a few things out. I keep forgetting to put the event as a parameter. I'll try that tomorrow.

[update]
Tried this code
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;

var bmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(100,100,false,0xFFFF9900);
var bmp:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bmd)
bmp.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,test);
addChild(bmp);

function test(evt:Event){
trace("test");
}

Still doesn't work.

[praufet]

So after reading the as3 doco for a few hours I figured it out. Bitmap doesn't inherit the click method. So instead you have to do this.


import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;

var bmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(100,100,false,0xFFFF9900);
var bmp:Sprite = new Sprite()
bmp.graphics.beginBitmapFill(bmd,null,false);
bmp.graphics.drawRect(0,0,bmd.width,bmd.height)
bmp.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,test);
addChild(bmp);

function test(evt:MouseEvent){
trace("test");
}


Hope this can help some people in the future.

[Tink]

ah yeah it don't extend InteractiveObject.
after reading the as3 doco for a few hours I figured it out
Its pretty easy to find what events are supported. look up the class your enquirig about and look what events are listed.