As3 dispatch mouse_down event on Sprite

Question

I have this actionscript code. What i'm trying to do is to trigger a mouse event on imgSprite, which is a child element of imageContainer. I was expecting it to triger it on the mouse coordinates on imgSprite, but instead it uses the last loaded instance of imgSprite. To get a bigger picture, i'm trying to switch two puzzle pieces so when i drop one, the one underneath is picked up imediately. I do this by removing the upper one (selectedImage) and dispatching a mouse_down event which should be picked up by event listener (pointing to imgSprite) and directed to mouse_down function.

function mouse_Down(e:MouseEvent):void 
    {
        dropSelectedImage();
        if(selectedImage) imageContainer.addChild(selectedImage); 
        imageContainer.removeChild(e.currentTarget as Sprite); 
        imageContainer.addChild(e.currentTarget as Sprite); 
        selectedImage = e.currentTarget as Sprite;
        selectedImage.startDrag();
    }
    function mouse_Up(e:MouseEvent):void{
        dropSelectedImage();
        imageContainer.removeChild(selectedImage); 
        imgSprite.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,true,true));
    }

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 09 '12 at 18:40

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turn bubbling on, and debug the difference between even.target and event.currentTarget.

answered Dec 09 '12 at 18:40

csomakk

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Can you be a bit more specific? If i turn bubbling on won't that affect all of the parent elements? I only want imgSprite to be affected – monolith Dec 09 '12 at 20:49
only if they also have event listeners. – csomakk Dec 09 '12 at 22:56

As3 dispatch mouse_down event on Sprite

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