Check for Children on the Stage at point x,y?

Question

Hi --
I am wondering if there is a way to determine, when the mouse
is pressed, if
the mouse is over a child object on the stage or over just
the "blank"
stage. Is there any way to do this?
Thanks
Rich

Answer 1

Hi --
I modified your code slightly to attempt to use the "stage"
as the thing I
am testing for hit on a child but all I keep getting as a
"hit" is "root1".
I have this code inside my mouse down event handler..
for (var i:int=0; i<stage.numChildren; i++) {
if (stage.getChildAt(i).hitTestPoint(mouseX,mouseY)) {
trace(stage.getChildAt(i).name);
Is the problem with having it inside a mouse down event? Or
is my code not
right because I want to check the stage?
Thanks
Rich
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> var tl:MovieClip=this;
> stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,f,false,0,true);
> function f(evt:MouseEvent) {
> for (var i:int=0; i<tl.numChildren; i++) {
> if (tl.getChildAt(i).hitTestPoint(mouseX,mouseY)) {
> trace(tl.getChildAt(i).name);
> }
> }
> }
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