Can I make a button respond to Touch while using Gestures?

Question

Hi, I've recently discovered I'm unable to use Touch Points and Gestures at the same time on mobile apps.
I would rather use Gestures so I'm wondering if anyone can help with making buttons respond to the user when they are touched.
Here's what I'm trying to do but the buttons are not changing alpha values:
mainMenu.menuPres.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);
mainMenu.menuPres.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, mouseUpHandler);
function mouseDownHandler(event:TouchEvent):void {
TweenLite.to(mainMenu.menuPres, .2, {alpha:.5});
function mouseUpHandler(event:TouchEvent):void {
TweenLite.to(mainMenu.menuPres, .2, {alpha:1});
Is there another way I can do this or can this method be refined?
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi Mike,
That's right, MultiTouch and Gestures can not be used at the same time, but you should always be able to receive mouse events for 1st touch point.
Could you try changing your code as below.
function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
TweenLite.to(mainMenu.menuPres, .2, {alpha:.5});
function mouseUpHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
TweenLite.to(mainMenu.menuPres, .2, {alpha:1});
please sprinkle some trace statements in event handler to see if they get triggered.
Also, did you try just adding event listener for MouseEvent.CLICK, instead of MOUSE_DOWN and MOUSE_UP.
-Thanks
Pahup