hitArea (MovieClip.hitArea property)

public hitArea : Object

Designates another movie clip to serve as the hit area for a movie clip. If the hitArea property does not exist or the value is null or undefined, the movie clip itself is used as the hit area. The value of the hitArea property may be a reference to a movie clip instance.

You can change the hitArea property at any time; the modified movie clip immediately uses the new hit area behavior. The movie clip designated as the hit area does not need to be visible; its graphical shape, although not visible, is still detected as the hit area.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6

Example

The following example sets the circle_mc movie clip as the hit area for the square_mc movie clip. Place these two movie clips on the Stage and test the document. When you click circle_mc, the square_mc movie clip traces that it was clicked.

square_mc.hitArea = circle_mc;
square_mc.onRelease = function() {
    trace("hit! "+this._name);
};

You can also set the circle_mc movie clip visible property to false to hide the hit area for square_mc.

circle_mc._visible = false;

hitArea (MovieClip.hitArea property)

Example

See also