e.target.name not working for MOUSE_UP listener!

[AdamBies]

var buttons:Array = new Array(
    _button1,
    _button2,
    _button3
);

for(var i=0; i<3; i++) {
    MovieClip(buttons[i]).buttonMode = true;
    MovieClip(buttons[i]).addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, buttonOver);
    MovieClip(buttons[i]).addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, buttonOut);
    MovieClip(buttons[i]).addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, buttonClicked);
}

function buttonOver(e:MouseEvent):void {
    trace(e.target.name);
}

function buttonOut(e:MouseEvent):void {
    trace(e.target.name);
}

function buttonClicked(e:MouseEvent):void {
    trace(e.target.name);
}

I have 3 buttons on my stage (this is a small part of a larger project), named _button1, _button2, _button3 declared in an array so I can dynamically assign listeners and use a substring of the instance name to determine which button was clicked for other functions.

My problem is that trace(e.target.name); returns the value _button1 on ROLL_OVER and ROLL_OUT as expected. However when clicking the button it returns "instance9" instead of the actual instance name I gave it.

Why is this happening and how do I make it return the correct name? Why the hell would my buttonClicked function return a different result from the buttonOver function where the target is the same button for each function?

Thanks to anyone who can help me.

[AdamBies]

Upon further inspection the instance name being returned from "MOUSE_UP" are movieclips WITHIN the button MC (which is a movieclip with buttonmode=true). It returns on whatever piece of the button I have clicked on within the movieclip.

How do I get it to return the name of the containing MC in this case and not the children of the button MC?

[AdamBies]

Nevermind...

MovieClip(buttons[i]).mouseChildren = false;

Adding that line before adding the event listeners fixed the issue. Hopefully the post here will help someone else out with the same issue.

[nunomira]

hi,

Also try

function buttonClicked(e:MouseEvent):void {
    trace(e.currentTarget.name);
}

There's a difference between target and currentTarget.