TapGesture with event.target.name

[Mona109]

Hello, I have a Sprite with several buttons in it, the buttons have names that are used to create new objects. Before Gestouch I used MouseClick, so event.target.name worked fine. Now with tap it doesn't. How can event.target.name be used with the TapGesture?

[fljot]

Event is dispatched by the gesture, so event.target is Gesture and event.target.target is your Sprite, so name is event.target.target.name (casting is omitted).

[Mona109]

Thanks for the quick reply. I tried, but didn't work. Here what I tried: tapStart = new TapGesture(theSprite.hisChild); tapStart.addEventListener(org.gestouch.events.GestureEvent.GESTURE_RECOGNIZED, startIt);
function startIt(event:org.gestouch.events.GestureEvent):void{ const tap:TapGesture = event.target as TapGesture; if (tap.target.name == "Start_01") { testField.text = "inside"; } }

[fljot]

What didn't work? You realize that tap.target === theSprite.hisChild, right?

[Mona109]

Yes I think so, it doesn't take the right name. Now I made some testing, so the Tap is working, but it doesn't take the right name. when I trace the name, it is for every button "instance12". With the MouseClick it worked fine, do you have an idea whats wrong?

[fljot]

With MouseClick you probably were using event bubbling (if you talk about event.target instead of event.currentTarget).

[Mona109]

I don't really understand. Well now I found out that "instance12" is the Sprite where the buttons are inside. But I need to trigger the buttons. How may I get the buttons and their names with the TapGesture?

[fljot]

Option 1: attach TapGesture to every button. This way event.target.target is your button. Option 2: attach TapGesture to buttons container, then use some sort of hit-test to get the button under tap.location (point in global coordinate space)

[Mona109]

Now it's fine, I tried both with success and I think Option1 would be better in my project. Thank you so much!

[fljot]

Just curious, why are you switching from MouseEvent.CLICK to Gestouch & TapGesture?