Actionscript 3 :: Function Or Method To Return An Elements Instance Name?
Jun 19, 2011
I'm getting into actionscript3 and was wondering if there was a way to make an 'onclick' type function that returns an id or an instance name. For example in jQuery you can do the following, which is great for then passing the id into an array or whatever you choose.
$('.menuButton').click(function(){
var collectedID = $(this).attr('id');
Is there an equivalent to this in AS3? I'm assuming grabbing the instance name would be the goal? I haven't run across ids in Flash yet.
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