# Mouse Leave does not fire

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-leave-does-not-fire/304107
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [February 1, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-leave-does-not-fire/304107 "2010-02-01T22:52:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![jpaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@jpaul](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jpaul)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-leave-does-not-fire/304107/1 "2010-02-01T22:52:35Z")

</div>

Hey guys, I am hoping someone has a quick answer for me on this. I am trying to handle a drag event when the cursor leaves the stage. Should be fairly simple with Event.MOUSE\_LEAVE, but I am having unexpected difficulties.

with:

```auto
this.stage.addEventListener(Event.MOUSE_LEAVE,this.mouseDragReleaseHandler);

```

I never reach the code in mouseDragReleaseHandler

however with:

```auto
this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,this.mouseDragStopHandler);

```

I do…

I am using the 3.2 version of the API, if that matters. Still haven’t updated.  
Any thoughts?