MOUSE_OUT question

[Qutaibah]

hello all,

I am having a problem with the MOUSE_OUT event. I have a Sprite which contains four instances of a movClip. the four instances are arranged in a vertical configuration much like a list. there are not spaces or over laps between the four instances. I want to register a listener with the containing Sprite. some this like this:

container.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, trigger);

contrary to what I am trying to achieve, right now, the listener is triggered every time the mouse rolls out of each of the instances inside the "container" Sprite.

i tried have been experimenting with event phases but thats not work either. Any idea how that could be achieved? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[dr_zeus]

You're seeing this behavior because mouse events bubble. In other words, they dispatch up the whole display list. If you need to listen to events specifically from the container Sprite, you should do it one of two ways.

1) Check the event's target to be sure it is the container Sprite. If it's from one of the children, ignore the event.

2) Set mouseChildren to false on the container Sprite.

[senocular]

see
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthre...52#post1948052

[dr_zeus]

Ah yes, I always forget to mention ROLL_OVER and ROLL_OUT. Senocular to the rescue.