Flex 4 Spark & Rollover Group Containing Rect

Was working on my top-secret Flex-based project over the weekend when I discovered something I hadn't come across before.

The issue is that when you have a Spark Rect GraphicsElement within a Spark Group it seems that the rollover event of the group is triggered even though the mouse doesn't roll over the Rect.

Here is a video I made to explain my issue on Twitter:



The code in the video is as follows:

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<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
   xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
   xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"> 

	<s:Group rollOver="trace('ya')">
		<s:Rect x="100" y="100" width="20" height="20">
			<s:fill>
				<s:SolidColor color="0x00ff00" />
			</s:fill>
		</s:Rect>
	</s:Group> 

</s:WindowedApplication>

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It turns out (after posting the issue on the Adobe Forums) that I was simply missing the "mouseEnabledWhereTransparent" property on the Group. Setting it to false causes the mouse to perform a hit-test rather than a simple bounds check. Thank you Mr Shongrunden for pointing this out to me :)

So this now works:

[codesyntax lang="php"]

<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
   xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
   xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"> 

	<s:Group rollOver="trace('ya')" mouseEnabledWhereTransparent="false">
		<s:Rect x="100" y="100" width="20" height="20">
			<s:fill>
				<s:SolidColor color="0x00ff00" />
			</s:fill>
		</s:Rect>
	</s:Group> 

</s:WindowedApplication>

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I hope this helps someone else out!