Drag/drop - addChild problem

[Jazzperson]

Hi Flashkits!

I'm trying to drag multiple MC's around with the normal metod:

function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
event.target.startDrag(false);
}


function mouseUpHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
event.target.stopDrag();

}

But it only works on the MC first added (addChild).. Actually it feels like there's pice of glass between the first added MC's and the ones "underneath".

I really hope someone can lead me in the right direction - i has been bugging me for hours now..

[dotSTAR]

i am not sure if this is correct but...

event.target.startDrag(); is a reference to the original displayobject which dispatched the event. this means that when you invoke the startDrag() method it will only drag the displayobject that called the event handler.

i would attempt to add all of the objects you wish to drag to a single container and call startDrag on that container.

var containerMC:MovieClip
var mc1:MovieClip
var mc2:MovieClip

containerMC.addChild(mc1)
containerMC.addChild(mc2)

containerMC.addEventListener(e:mousevent){
  containerMC.startDrag();
}

or if you already have all your movieclips in a container and you want to drag that entire container you can use this.startDrag();

[cancerinform]

Use always
event.currentTarget.startDrag();
It will only drag the target currently touched by the mouse. Using "target" allows bubbling.

[Jazzperson]

The problem was caused by caurina tweener on the MC's..

Thanks for your help - i'm sure someone else can benefit from your answeres..

[cancerinform]

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