[Papervision3D] Basic View MOUSE_DOWN event

[Kayomarz]

Adding the listener to the stage works - thanks!

Kayo.

Owen Bennett wrote:
> This is normal behaviour. If you want to capture all mouse events in 
> your application, add the listener to the stage, rather than to your 
> view.
>
> Owen
>
> On 8 Dec 2008, at 19:06, Kayomarz wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> My application is trying to capture MOUSE_DOWN events using BasicView.
>>
>> MOUSE_DOWN events are correctly captured as long as the mouse is 
>> _over_ objects that are added to the scene.  However, MOUSE_DOWN 
>> events are not captured if the mouse is on an area that does not 
>> contain an object.
>>
>> Is this behaviour normal or is there something wrong?
>>
>> Same is true for other mouse events.
>>
>> How can mouse events be captured even if there were no objects are 
>> added to the scene?
>>
>> Below are some code snippets from the application.
>>
>>
>> Thanks and regards,
>>
>> Kayo.
>>
>> public class ControlBasicView extends BasicView
>> {
>>
>>       public function ControlBasicView(viewportWidth:Number = 640, 
>> viewportHeight:Number = 480,
>>           scaleToStage:Boolean = true, interactive:Boolean = false, 
>> cameraType:String = "Target")
>>       {
>>           super(viewportWidth, viewportHeight, scaleToStage, 
>> interactive, cameraType);
>>           this.mouseEnabled = true;
>>           this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, grabMouse);
>>           this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, releaseMouse);
>>           this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_WHEEL, wheelMouse);
>>
>>           .
>>           .
>>           .
>>       }
>>
>>       public function grabMouse(event:Event): void
>>       {
>>           trace("Mouse Clicked on Basic View");    // Trace occurs 
>> only if mouse down occurs when it is over an object
>>          // Trace does not occur if mouse down occurs over empty area
>>           this.mouseGrabbed = true;
>>           this.mouseOld.x = this.mouseX;
>>           this.mouseOld.y = this.mouseY;
>>       }
>>
>> }
>>
>>
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