# MouseEvent.MOUSE\_DOWN works but MouseEvent.CLICK doesn't

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouseevent-mouse-down-works-but-mouseevent-click-doesnt/315886>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 6, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouseevent-mouse-down-works-but-mouseevent-click-doesnt/315886 "2010-11-06T22:42:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![wMattD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@wMattD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wMattD)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouseevent-mouse-down-works-but-mouseevent-click-doesnt/315886/1 "2010-11-06T22:42:00Z")

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I’m making a button for the first time, and I wanted to use a full click to drive it. However, when I use addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickHandler); nothing happens when I click on it. When I use (with the rest of the code being identical) addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE\_DOWN, onClickHandler); it works like a charm.

Can anyone explain to me why this might be?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Solved! See below.