Handling custom mouse interaction/inserting unique links

Question

HI All,
I would like to insert links to the text, but not the html formatted one.
I would like to add a handler function to the link and when the link is pressed the function could do whatever it is needed. It would be great if the link could have an invisible object or a value in order to keep some extra information.
I hope there is a solution.
Benjamin

Answer 1

Unortunately the link does not work.
I came up with my solution.
We can handle the link clicks like here:
_flow.addEventListener(FlowElementMouseEvent.CLICK, onFlowClick);
_flow.addEventListener(FlowElementMouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, onFlowOver);
_flow.addEventListener(FlowElementMouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, onFlowOut);
then we know the LinkElement:
        private function onFlowClick(ev:FlowElementMouseEvent):void {
            var element:LinkElement = ev.flowElement as LinkElement;
            ev.stopImmediatePropagation();
            ev.preventDefault();
            trace(element.href);
and href can be like a JSON object ( I know it would be terrible in terms of performance ) or a simple string reference to somewhere, but now with your answer it is clear - I can save anything into LinkElement in the meantime when I do applyLink with setStyle.
then just read element["foo"] right?