# Detecting Mouse Click

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-mouse-click/245875>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 5, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-mouse-click/245875 "2007-12-05T03:49:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![DFox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@DFox](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DFox)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detecting-mouse-click/245875/1 "2007-12-05T03:49:58Z")

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Hey,

What I’m trying to do is very simple. I want to trigger an event handler whenever the mouse is clicked, no matter where on the stage it is clicked.

Right now, I’m using something like this:

```auto
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, myEventHandler);

```

That works as long as the click is not on any MovieClips, but rather just the bare stage. My question is, how can I make the handler detect the click for anywhere including MovieClips rather than just the stage like it does now?

Thanks in advance!