Help with dragging TextFields

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Hi,

I am trying to figure out the best way to drag dynamic TextField objects. You can't use startDrag() directly on text so I've been messing around with trying to put the text inside a Sprite...no luck though. Here is an example of one thing I was trying. The rectangle was just a visual and something to drag. It is the closest thing I have to working. I am definitely missing something here. I'd really appreciate a kick in the right direction on dragging text around.

package {
	
	import flash.display.*;
	import flash.events.*;
	import flash.text.*;
	
	public class ExampleApplication extends Sprite {
		
		var MyText:TextField = new TextField();
		var MyRectangle:Sprite = new Sprite();
		
		public function ExampleApplication() {
			
			MyText.text = "Hello.";
			MyText.x = 30;
			MyText.y = 20;
			MyText.selectable = false;
			
			MyRectangle.graphics.lineStyle();
      		MyRectangle.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000);
      		MyRectangle.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 50);
      		MyRectangle.graphics.endFill();
			MyRectangle.x = 50;
			MyRectangle.y = 75;
			
			addChild(MyRectangle);
			MyRectangle.addChild(MyText);
			
			MyRectangle.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickup);
			MyRectangle.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, place);
		}
		
		public function pickup(event:MouseEvent):void {

			event.target.startDrag(false);
			
		}
		
		public function place (event:MouseEvent):void {
			
			event.target.stopDrag();
			
		}
		
	}
}

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I also tried to create a sprite that contained a TextField in the display list with a transparent rectangle on top of it in the display list. To test it, I made the alpha value .25 so it wasn't totally transparent. When I added the event listeners to the sprite, and invoke startDrag(), it let me drag the translucent rectangle, but the text stayed put. I'm confused. Please help.

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I put the text in a sprite and used event.currentTarget.startDrag() instead of event.target.startDrag(). The currentTarget property seems to eliminate the selection of the inner child objects.