Link & RollOver Question

You need to find the LinkElement and add event listeners to it. This sample works for a simple case where the first character of a link is not nested inside a paragraph or div. If your markup is more complicated you may need to go farther up the parent chain to find the LinkElement.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" 
                  xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" 
                  xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
                  creationComplete="cc()">
     <fx:Script>
          <![CDATA[
               import flashx.textLayout.events.FlowElementMouseEvent;
               import flashx.textLayout.elements.LinkElement;
               import flashx.textLayout.elements.FlowLeafElement;
               import flashx.textLayout.edit.EditManager;
               
               public function cc():void
               {
                    var editMan:EditManager = EditManager(ret.textFlow.interactionManager);
                    editMan.selectRange(10,14);
                    editMan.applyLink("http://adobe.com");
                    var linkSpan:FlowLeafElement = ret.textFlow.findLeaf(10);
                    var linkElement:LinkElement = LinkElement(linkSpan.parent);
                    linkElement.addEventListener(FlowElementMouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, rollOverHandler);
                    ret.editable = false;
                    ret.selectable = false;
               }
               
               public function rollOverHandler(evt:Event):void
               {
               }
          ]]>
     </fx:Script>
     
     <s:RichEditableText id="ret" text="This is a link test"/>
</s:Application>