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Disappearing TextField

 
The immutable event flow

package {
  import flash.display.*;
  import flash.events.*;
  import flash.text.*;
    import flash.events.*;  
  public class Main extends Sprite {
    private var textField:TextField;
    public function Main(  ) {
      textField = new TextField(  );
      textField.text = "Click here";
      textField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;

      addChild(textField);

      stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stageClickListener, true);

      textField.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, textFieldClickListener);
    }

    private function stageClickListener (e:MouseEvent):void {
      if (e.target == textField) {
        removeChild(textField);
        textField = null;
      }
    }

    private function textFieldClickListener (e:MouseEvent):void {
      trace("textFieldClickListener triggered");
    }
  }
}

        








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