TextEvent.LINK only firing after focus

[specialk12882]

I am having an issue with <mx:Text> and TextEvent.LINK events. It seems that the event will fire only after the element has received focus, meaning it takes two clicks for the event to fire. The exact same code with a <mx:TextArea> works with just a single click. Is there some way around this? It is a terrible experience for the user to have to click on a link twice before it will register.

Thanks in advance