AS3 button click events vs As2 button click events example

this is a simple button tutorials for As3 beginners.

A simple As2 buttonClick

on(press){

trace("Clicked");

}


Or

[button].onPress=function(){

trace("clicked");

}

In as3

simple one

[button].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,function(){trace("clicked")});

or

function buttonClick(evt:MouseEvent) {

trace("clicked");

}

[button].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,buttonClick);


so what is in "evt:MouseEvent"?. just try this one

function buttonClick(evt:MouseEvent) {

trace(evt.target.name);

}

[button].addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,buttonClick);

This event has the following properties:

Property	Value
bubbles	true
buttonDown	true if the primary mouse button is pressed; false otherwise.
cancelable	false; there is no default behavior to cancel.
ctrlKey	true if the Control key is active; false if it is inactive.
currentTarget	The object that is actively processing the Event object with an event listener.
localX	The horizontal coordinate at which the event occurred relative to the containing sprite.
localY	The vertical coordinate at which the event occurred relative to the containing sprite.
shiftKey	true if the Shift key is active; false if it is inactive.
stageX	The horizontal coordinate at which the event occurred in global stage coordinates.
stageY	The vertical coordinate at which the event occurred in global stage coordinates.
target	The InteractiveObject instance under the pointing device. The target is not always the object in the display list that registered the event listener. Use the currentTarget property to access the object in the display list that is currently processing the event.