Hi, I’m wondering if there is a more efficient to program buttons (either buttons or movie clips as buttons)?
The only way I know how to do this is to write an event listener for each state of the button, then write a function for each state. So for each button I may have three event listeners and three functions, which is six code entities for each button. Seems like there must be a better way.
Any coaching will be appreciated.
Code example below (doesn’t include the functions):
mvDeveloper.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, dimm1);
mvEducational.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, dimm2);
mvResume.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, dimm3);
mvMusic.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, dimm4);
mvSamples.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, dimm5);
mvDeveloper.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, bright1);
mvEducational.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, bright2);
mvResume.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, bright3);
mvMusic.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, bright4);
mvSamples.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, bright5);
mvDeveloper.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, slide1);
mvEducational.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, slide2);
mvResume.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, slide3);
mvMusic.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, slide4);
btnContact.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, contactMe)
mvSamples.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, samples);
btnSoundOff.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, soundOff);
Thanks, Doug