Button Events

The events of the button element are listed below.

Flash Event

Description

Visual Effect

rollOver

Mouse enters the hit area while the mouse button is up.

Button changes from up to over state.

rollOut

Mouse leaves the hit area while the mouse button is up.

Button changes from over to up state.

press

Mouse button is pressed while the mouse is inside the hit area.

Button changes from over to down state.

release

Mouse button is released while the mouse is inside the hit area.

Button changes from down to over state.


There are two typess of buttons supported by Flash Player: push and menu buttons. The difference is in events tracking.

The following transitions apply only when tracking push buttons:

Flash Event

Description

Visual Effect

dragOver

Mouse is dragged inside the hit area while the mouse button is down.

Button changes from over to down state.

dragOut

Mouse is dragged outside the hit area while the mouse button is down.

Button changes from down to over state.

releaseOutside

Mouse button is released outside the hit area while the mouse is captured.

Button changes from over to up state.

The following transitions apply only when tracking menubuttons:

Flash Event

Description

Visual Effect

dragOver

Mouse is dragged inside the hit area while the mouse button is down.

Button changes from up to down state.

dragOut

Mouse is dragged outside the hit area while the mouse button is down.

Button changes from down to up state.

 

See Also

XML Schema Reference