# Mouse event area

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-event-area/212575>\
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**Created:** [January 12, 2007, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-event-area/212575 "2007-01-12T06:54:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![jlogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@jlogan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jlogan)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-event-area/212575/1 "2007-01-12T06:54:39Z")

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Hi,

I am new to flash world. I apologize in advance if the issue below is a generally understood concept.

I have a sprite which hosts a pie chart slice (actually a donut chart slice, composed of two arcs joined by two parallel lines)

I am trying to respond to a ‘mouse over event’ for this shape. The event seems to trigger as soon as the mouse enters over a rectangular area encompassing the donut slice. This becomes quite messy when there are multiple slices comprising a full donut chart.

Is there a way out of this?

Thanks,  
-jerry logan