flex 3 cancel tooltip event

Question

I am trying to cancel a tooltip event (I only want it to display when the mouse is hovered over a certain area), and can't seem to figure it out. I tried stopPropagation, preventDefault, and stopImmediatePropagation, but none of them seem to work.

Here the code I am using:

        private function toolTipCreateHandler(event:ToolTipEvent):void {
            if(event.currentTarget.mouseX < 130) {
                var tooltip:PhotoToolTip = new PhotoToolTip();
                tooltip.src = event.currentTarget.toolTip;
                event.toolTip = tooltip;
            }
            else {
                event.stopImmediatePropagation();
            }
        }   

Any ideas?

Thanks

Answer 1

Step one, add an event listener to detect when the mouse leaves the area you want the tooltip, run a function and title it something like "toolTipDestroyer"

Step two, You need to call the destroy method of the tooltip manager

private function toolTipDestroyer():void {
    if (myToolTip) {
        ToolTipManager.destroyToolTip(myToolTip);
        myToolTip= null;
    }
}

Also, just for readability, give your tooltip some other name than "tooltip", you'll find it easier to follow up on your code later. My example names it "myToolTip"