inside a MouseEvent.CLICK function, I usually used e.target to address the movieClip that I clicked, but that only work with a movieClip that doesn't have any children (such as text and other symbols) inside. When it has children inside, the e.target return the child inside the Mc but not the Mc itself. The e.currentTarget didn't work, either; it returned [object MovieClip] but not the instance name of the Mc. Is there anyway I can fix it? thank you.
Assuming a red box containing a blue box:
If you click the red box (outside the inner blue one):
If you click the blue box:
To prevent your blue box dispatching click events you can disable mouse events for child elements:
If you then click the blue box: