AS3: What is the best way to put button-behaviors ONLY on child_mcs of a container_mc

Question

I have a container_mc, with lots of child_mcs inside. I want the child_mcs to have full button-like behaviors (click-able, cursor effects).

I am not interested in putting individual mouse listeners on every child. ... I would like to simply have one listener on the parent container, though the parent would effectively be inactive ... only the child_mcs.

Answer 1

please ignore the downvote ... if your problem is the same as mine, then this solution works

//-- pseudo code --\\

*for the container:*
container.addEventListener( MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN , callback_function ) ;
container.buttonMode ...... false
container.mouseEnabled .... false
container.mouseChildren ... true

*for each child:*
child.buttonMode ...... true
child.mouseEnabled .... true
child.mouseChildren ... false