ActionScript 3 Basic Mouse Events

Click on the SWF or move the mouse to activate the text.

The code below shows how the text in a dynamic text field responds to the user moving and clicking with the mouse.

• //Make a dynamic text field named mouse_events  
• //The stage will listen for each event and display the related text.  
•   
• stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouse_down);   
• stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, mouse_up);   
• stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, moving);  
• stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, leave);  
•   
• function moving(event:MouseEvent)   
• {   
•     mouse_events.text = "Your mouse is moving";  
• }   
• function mouse_down(event:MouseEvent)   
• {   
•     mouse_events.text = "The mouse button is down";  
• }   
• function mouse_up(event:MouseEvent)   
• {   
•     mouse_events.text = "Mouse button is up again";  
• }
• function leave(event:MouseEvent)   
• {   
•     mouse_events.text = ""; //No text  
• }

CLICK : MouseEvent.CLICK
Used to detect mouse clicks.

DOUBLE_CLICK : MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK
Used to detect double clicks.

MOUSE_DOWN : MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN
Checks when mouse is pressed down.

MOUSE_LEAVE : MouseEvent.MOUSE_LEAVE
Monitors when the mouse leaves the stage.

MOUSE_MOVE : MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE
Monitors when the mouse moves.

MOUSE_OUT : MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT
Monitors when the mouse moves out of the attached to object of the event.

MOUSE_OVER : MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER
Monitors when the mouse moves over the attached to object of the event.

MOUSE_UP : MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP
Monitors when the mouse moves up the attached to object of the event from a click.

MOUSE_WHEEL : MouseEvent.MOUSE_WHEEL
Monitors when the mouse wheel moves, detect the positive or negative delta property for distance and direction moved.

ROLL_OUT : MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT
Dispatched when the user moves a pointing device away from an InteractiveObject instance.