flash 10, as3 - wmode="opaque" causes selection on textarea to behave wierdly after mouse is pressed and left stage

Question

hi everyone...

I m using textarea in flash 10 cs5 as3. The problem is when i try to select a text and go out of stage and leave the mouse then again move mouse on text then selection of text will move with the mouse.

Here is what causes that:

* click somewhere on the text and drag the mouse in order to select the text
* then go out of the swf
* leave the mouse
* now move mouse on textarea

-> the selection of text will move with the mouse...

How to stop this behavior????

I tried to implement mouseleave on stage but the problem is i m not able to detect mouseleave event when mouse is pressed and it leaves the stage.

This is because of wmode="opaque" parameter. I found out that it doesn't do this when wmode="window". Is there a solution for this?

Thanks for help in advance.

Regards

Answer 1

IF you are using TLF TextField and events are attached to TextField and a is the name of the TextField then try this code

import flash.events.MouseEvent;

a.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN , startdrag); stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stopdrag);

function startdrag(evt:MouseEvent):void { a.startDrag(true); }

function stopdrag(evt:MouseEvent):void { a.stopDrag(); }