ActionScript 3.0 :: Flash Stop AddChild From Affecting Mouse_Over
Oct 2, 2010
I have a box that glows when you hover over it and also there is a mouse trail.The problem is that when the mouse goes over a part of the mouse trail it stops the button from glowing. (as it will trigger the mouse_out)How do I get it so that the mouse trail does not affect the mouse over. Also, related to the same thing.....If I dont have it as a mouse trail but just random circles appearing in my box when you mouse_over how do I get it so that the mouse over is not affected when the mouse goes over one of the circles created by addchild?I have attached a small sample of the problem I've got in my actual file. Hope I've made it as simple to understand as poss.My guess would be to create a transparent movie clip and keep putting it at the top of the stage(highest level - numChildren-1). How would I do this?
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When I MOUSE_OUT before the MOUSE_OVER mc is still playing, it doesn't see the MOUSE_OUT. I tried adding a stop(); line to the beginning of the Button1Out function, but that didn't do squat.
Code: Select all//Button 1 Listeners and Functions
Btn1_hit.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,Button1Over);
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import flash.display.MovieClip;
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package
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