Event Flow

Question

Hi!
If i have a container, with some sprites and this sprites containes other sprites, wich is the best way to target the Event to the second level of sprite?
Container:
- sprite1 ---> contain n sprite
- sprite 2 --> contain n sprite
- sprite 3 --> contain n sprite
- sprite n --> contain n sprite
container.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownListener);
private function mouseDownListener(event:MouseEvent):void {
     //in here i want to get the red one             
thanks!

Answer 1

I realize what you want, but that is probably not the best (most reliable) way to be able to do that.  To target what is inside the container while assigning the listener to the container, your only option is to use the 'target' property of the event, which can end up targeting just about anything inside the container at any level.  So what you probably need to try is to make all of the subSprites inside the red sprites immune to the mouse (set red sprite's mouseChildren property to be false).  Otherwise, the target could be any of the Sprites/objects within the red Sprites.