Scrolling images scrolls from anywhere on the stage, help keeping it to current target?

Question

hello again guys,
I have a mask over a movieclip(containing images) that scrolls on mouse over to show the hidden images, now i figured out the code but am having trouble containing the scroling ability to when i mouse over the content_mc area.
so anywhere i mouse on the stage moves the content_mc, I only want it to move when i mouse over the actual content_mc movieclip?
tried using currentTarget but cant figure out where i put it..
var verticalCenter:Number = stage.stageHeight =200;
var limit:Number = stage.stageHeight - stage.height;
var speed:Number = 0.03;
var scrollY:Number = 0;
content_mc.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, scrollContent);
function scrollContent(e:Event):void {
scrollY = - speed * ( mouseY - verticalCenter );
content_mc.y+= scrollY;
if (content_mc.y>0) { content_mc.y= 0;}
  else if (content_mc.y< limit) { content_mc.y= limit;}

Answer 1

I'm not really clear on what you're attempting with that code, but if you want to limit the scrolling to when the mouse is over the area, then you should only assign the scrolling/ENTER_FRAME when the mouse is over that area, and otherwise remove it. You could probably use a MOUSE_MOVE listener to have it check if it needs to assign that ENTER_FRAME listener or not.  I don't know what the interactive nature of the scrolling section involves, so assuming that you need to be able to click within it, then you would need to monitor if the mouse is within the x/y boundaries that define the location of the scrolling area (x > x1 and < x2, y > y1 and < y2).