Selected button in AS 3

1

greetings all

hopefully a short question

i have a batch of buttons.

now in the past (as 2) i had this very simple check to see if the button was clicked, meanwhile the other buttons got back to its original state, via this simple code


var selectedM:MovieClip;
BUTTON.onRelease = function() {
            if (selectedM != this) {
                selectedM.enabled = true;
            }
            //if an item is selected we make sure the item can't be triggered again.                 
            selectedM = this;
            selectedM.enabled = false;

now in AS 3. it seems to be a different story

i tried:


var selectedM:MovieClip;
function clicker(e:Event){
if (selectedM != e.target)
    {
       selectedM.enabled = true;
    }
    
    selectedM = e.target;
    e.target.enabled = false;
}

//for loop has BUTTON.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,clicker)

or where e.target is i tried to replace it with “this” but all to no avail

i am probally looking over something but if anyone could give me a go, i’d be very thankfull

cheers