# MouseEvents with Bitmap objects

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouseevents-with-bitmap-objects/236733>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 23, 2007, 9:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouseevents-with-bitmap-objects/236733 "2007-08-23T09:20:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![demongolem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@demongolem](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/demongolem)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 9:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouseevents-with-bitmap-objects/236733/1 "2007-08-23T09:20:12Z")

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I am trying to have a mouse event register when the cursor leaves an image, but the listener function never gets entered. In AS3, how does one get the MouseOver event to work for a bitmap like I have?

public class MyClass extends MovieClip {  
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[Embed(source=‘orange.jpg’)]  
public var MyOrange:Class;  
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public function MyFunction() {  
var graphix1:Bitmap = new MyOrange();  
graphix1.x = 70;  
graphix1.y = 124;  
graphix1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE\_OVER, showOrange);  
}