mouseOver is this the best way?

ok. good luck!

oh i will research on how to do that, that will make it look better :)

p.s. the tooltip won't move with the mouse unless you initiate a loop that repeatedly updates the tooltip's x and y properties.

Oh ok that makes sense. thank you again for putting up with me

you won't see a difference between ROLL_OVER and MOUSE_OVER events unless you're checking an ancestor of the event target. because MOUSE_OVER bubbles, this event is broadcast to all target ancestors. because ROLL_OVER doesn't bubble, this event is broadcast to no target ancestor.

kglad i agree on the Array way i have many buttons, lights, vents,......... that i want tool tips for so i will do the Array. another dumb question what is bubbling i did not see a differance when i tried MOUSE or ROLL.

i thought
Knobtip.x = this.mouseX;
Knobtip.y = this.mouseY;

would make the tip follow the mouse pointer.

thanks again guys i'm taking a 5 day class in 2 weeks so i will not (hopefully) ask so many stupid questions

Flash is case sensitive, so it will need to be Knobtip

thank you i was not even closei thought i had the event listener but i must of hit contol x one two many times. i created another function and used the removeChild(knobtip); with the mouse out event is that the right way to remove the tip?

thank you again

knob.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, knob_tip);
function knob_tip(event:MouseEvent):void{
var Knobtip:TextField = new TextField();
Knobtip.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
Knobtip.multiline = false;
Knobtip.text = "testing testing";
addChild(KnobTip);
}

what am i doing wrong? getting frustrated