Actionscript 3 Simple click EventListener

If like me you are making the transition from Actionscript 2 to 3 you may well find that creating simple onPress functions don’t use the same syntax. I checked the Adobe help files but got confused by the overly complex details.

If you want a simple clickable movieClip use the following code. The first line means that the movie clip will act like a button and the cursor will change when the mouse is hovering over.

    movieclip_name.buttonMode = true;
    movieclip_name.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);

    function onClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
        trace("Yes, this works!")
    }