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:
<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="https://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>
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:
<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="https://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>
I hope this helps someone else out!