ActionScript 3.0 :: Accessing Child Properties Of Items In A Container?
Jun 8, 2011
Basically, I have a menu created using XML. Each menu item has a fill that fades in and out as the user scrolls over them. What I want to happen is that when an item is clicked, it stays highlighted. The problem comes when I click on the second item. I can't get the first item to "unselect."Here is the menu code and functions.
Code:
var menuHolder:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
menuHolder.x = myMask.x;
[code].....
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