for each (var item in btnArray){
item.focusEnabled = true;
item.tabChildren = false;
item.buttonMode = true;
item.useHandCursor = true;
item.focusRect=true;
item.tabIndex = btnArray.indexOf(item);
item.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,btnGlow);
item.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, btnFade);
item.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, loadPic);
item.addEventListener(FocusEvent.FOCUS_IN, focusIt);
item.addEventListener(FocusEvent.FOCUS_OUT, blurIt);
function focusIt(e:FocusEvent):void{
e.currentTarget.gotoAndStop(6);
}
function blurIt(e:FocusEvent):void{
e.currentTarget.gotoAndStop(1);
}
trace(item.tabIndex);


My solution was to just add a 0% alpha graphic (mc, sprite…etc) above the text. This fixed my AS3 button text cursor issue.

- Alex

It was so hard to find information on the web how to make a text behave as button and using a hand cursor in flash

txtHolder_sp.addChild(Text_txt);//enbed TextField in the Sprite
this.addChild(txtHolder_sp);//show the Sprite on the stage

How do I edit a comment I left here? Thanks again.

var txtHolder_sp:Sprite = new Sprite;
var Text_txt:TextField = new TextField;
txtHolder_sp.buttonMode = true;
txtHolder_sp.mouseChildren = false;/* This allows the hand cursor to turn on if a TextField is embedded in the Sprite.*/
Text_txt.text = ‘clickable text’
txtHolder.addChild(nameText);//enbed TextField in the Sprite
this.addChild(txtHolder);//show the Sprite on the stage

var txtHolder_sp:Sprite = new Sprite;
var Text_txt:TextField = new TextField;
txtHolder_sp.buttonMode = true;
txtHolder_sp.mouseChildren = false;/* This allows the hand cursor to turn on if a TextField is embedded in the Sprite.*/
Text_txt.text = ‘clickable text’