Actionscript function when hovering

Question

Has anyone ever tried to run an actionscript function when
hovering over the <a>Anchor tag of HTMLtext?
Here is the situation. I have an HTML text field and I want
to be able to embed definitions of key words. In turn, when the
user hovers over the world, I’d like to open a window
containing the definition.
While one can add a "Hover" effect with CSS, i wish to run a
function when an EVENT LINK is hovered over. Can anyone suggest a
way to do this or maybe a workaround?
var htmlText1:String = "<a
href='event:hoverOverMe'>Hover Here Please</a>";
this.textArea1.htmlText = htmlText1;
this.textArea1.addEventListener("MOUSE_OVER", overHandler)
public function overHandler(event:MouseEvent)
//Get mouseover information
//Possible get information from the anchor tag under the
mouse?
Any help to point me in the right direction is appreciated.
Art

Answer 1

Hi! This interests me as well, so I'll be following this
thread with keen interest. Although the following doesn't answer
the question, it does seem to eliminate the possibility of using an
anchor tag in the way that you have suggested, the Alert Box in the
anonymous function reveals the text and its formatting but the
anchor tag has been stripped out.
But I'm hoping as I guess would you, that the document object
model caters for the immediate objects (such as your illustrative
tag had it not been stripped out) in the event bubbling phase ...
as the Alert box reveals a rich set of tags I should think that
there is at least a little hope here.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application
xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="absolute" creationComplete="init()"
>
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.controls.Alert;
public function init():void
testHTML.htmlText="<a id='anchorID' href='#'>This is
some text</a>"
testHTML.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE,function(e:MouseEvent){Alert.show(e.targe t.htmlText.toString());});
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:TextArea id="testHTML" width="300" height="300">
</mx:TextArea>
</mx:Application>