The 'stage' keyword

[Chuck Taylor]

I thought 'stage' was a top level global variable. Apparently it isn't so. Even importing 'flash.display.Stage' doesn't help. How to refer to the stage object?

I have seen 'stage' being used in some of senocular's tutorials too. Eg:

stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, captureMouseUp);

[Paul Ferrie]

have u tried Stage

[Chuck Taylor]

Yea, it doesn't work either.

[Paul Ferrie]

Am at a loss and out of ideas

[cybergatuno]

stage is no keyword, it's an attribute of all instances of DisplayObject and subclasses. When you write "stage.addEvent..." you're actually writing "this.stage.addEvent...". Again, it's only available in instances of DisplayObject.

[Chuck Taylor]

Thanks a lot man. I get it now.

[Tink]

the property is only available when your DisplayObject is actually in a display list. if its not in a display list it will return null.

[senocular]

There should be a section in the tip of the day tips that cover that.