# Etarget

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/etarget/326977>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 27, 2012, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/etarget/326977 "2012-01-27T08:26:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![idans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b19c9b/32.png) [@idans](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/idans)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/etarget/326977/1 "2012-01-27T08:26:25Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to write a code and put an e.targaet in a event listener,  
here’s the code,

interBut.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE\_OVER, menuButOver);

function menuButOver(e:MouseEvent){  
Object(root).e.target.name.gotoAndPlay(2);  
}

what am I doing wrong, Thank you