ActionScript 3.0 :: Event Propagation With Masked Objects?
Sep 23, 2009
I have just learnt about event propagation and have made a few successful tests. However, I have encountered a problem when trying to use event propagation with several MovieClips that are masked and nested in a movieclip. The display list like so:
hd_cont > cndMask > cndThumbs > 9 movieclips with instance names box0, box1, etc etc.
I am attempting to scale the 9 movieclips at the bottom.
So I have tried:
Code:
hd_cont.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, boxGrow);
hd_cont.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, boxShrink);
function boxGrow(e:MouseEvent):void {
TweenLite.to(e.target, 1.5, {scaleX:1.5, scaleY:1.5, ease:Strong.easeOut});
e.target.alpha = .5;
[Code] .....
But when I reference the cndMask I get a
Code:
TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.
at gallery_fla::MainTimeline/gallery_fla::frame3()
message in the output panel.
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