Creating a clickable object, how do I do it?

[maingon]

I am doing a kids story book and I have a couple questions, How do I make a object such as a a tree I drew, that when you click on it, a animation happens such as leaves move etc.

How would I do this?


thanks Rob

[ranoka]

Hey,
This is a simple implementation:

containerClip.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, playAnimation, false, 0, true);
containerClip.buttonMode = true;

function playAnimation(event:MouseEvent):void
{
	var clickedClip = event.target;
	
	clickedClip.play();
}

Put that code on the main timeline.

basically, you need a MovieClip on the main timeline called containerClip.
Inside that you put your MovieClip with the animation inside it.
On the first frame of that animation you need a stop(); so it doesn't play by itself.

The good thing about doing it this way is you don't have to add an event listener to each MovieClip.

Hope that's a useful start.