mouseDown()

Availability

Flash MX 2004.

Usage

function mouseDown( [ pt ] ) {   // statements }

Parameters

pt A point that specifies the location of the mouse when the button is pressed. It is passed to the function when the mouse button is pressed. This parameter is optional.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Function; called when the extensible tool is active and the mouse button is pressed while the pointer is over the Stage.

Example

The following examples show how this function can be used when the extensible tool is active. The first example displays a message in the Output panel that the mouse button was pressed. The second example displays the x and y coordinates of the mouse's location when the button was pressed.

function mouseDown() {   fl.trace("Mouse button has been pressed"); } function mouseDown(pt) {   fl.trace("x = "+ pt.x+" :: y = "+pt.y); }