Button instance question

[zombie_goasts]

I've used the following code in order to achieve a menu function

MovieclipOne.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, initiateInstal);

function initiateInstal(evtObj:MouseEvent){
	trace ("The "+evtObj.target.name+" button was clicked!")
	gotoAndStop(evtObj.target.name);
}

For example, on the main timeline it looks like:

[MainPage][MovieclipOne][MovieclipTwo]

With the button's instance called "MoviceclipOne". But when I've clicked it, instead of getting the feedback of

The MoviceclipOne button was clicked!

it gave me

The instance57 button was clicked!

For the life of me I can't figure out if there are any other ways to change the instance for that button.

FYI, MoviceclipOne button is the instance of MoviceclipOne_bt.

[Tilpo]

You can do a second test to see what happens if you manually change the name property of that MovieClipOne instance.

MovieClipOne.name = "MovieClipOne";

MovieclipOne.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, initiateInstal);

function initiateInstal(evtObj:MouseEvent){
    trace ("The "+evtObj.target.name+" button was clicked!")
    gotoAndStop(evtObj.target.name);
}

[henke37]

This is something I explained in my recent article, stuff drawn in movieclips are not added in them directly, but as separate Shape instances. This combined with the event system leads to this issue. The solution is simple: if you want to know the deepest object clicked, use target, if you want the one with the listener, use currentTarget. For something else, start following parent references in a loop.

[raghu_thejus]

if you want to know the deepest object clicked, use target, if you want the one with the listener, use currentTarget.

can v use

MovieClipOne.mouseChildren=false

that wil not help!! henke???

[henke37]

Of course, that is possible as well.