Move object while mouse is pressed

i want move object right or left while mouse left button held down. if mouse pressed , located on left half of screen, want object move left (decrease x) , vice versa right.

 

my current solution create 2 buttons covering screen , adding mouseevent.click listeners , so:

 

 

btn_clickleft.addeventlistener(mouseevent.click, btn_clickleft_mouse);

function btn_clickleft_mouse(e:mouseevent):void {

          object_to_move.x-=10;

}

btn_clickright.addeventlistener(mouseevent.click, btn_clickright_mouse);

function btn_clickright_mouse(e:mouseevent):void {

  object_to_move.x+=10;

}

 

but causes 2 problems:

 

1. object moves 10 pixels once per mouse click, how make continously move?

2. if object want move passes below mouse cursor, events stop firing.

 

is there solution solves these 2 problems?

hey!

 

so, following logic, solve issue number 1, this:

 

import flash.events.mouseevent;

import flash.events.event;

 

 

leftbtn.addeventlistener(mouseevent.mouse_down, startmoveleft);

rightbtn.addeventlistener(mouseevent.mouse_down, startmoveright);

leftbtn.addeventlistener(mouseevent.mouse_up, stopmoveleft);

rightbtn.addeventlistener(mouseevent.mouse_up, stopmoveright);

 

function startmoveleft(evt:mouseevent):void{

          addeventlistener(event.enter_frame, moveleft);

}

 

function startmoveright(evt:mouseevent):void{

          addeventlistener(event.enter_frame, moveright);

}

 

 

function stopmoveleft(evt:mouseevent):void{

          removeeventlistener(event.enter_frame, moveleft);

}

 

function stopmoveright(evt:mouseevent):void{

          removeeventlistener(event.enter_frame, moveright);

}

 

function moveleft(evt:event):void{

          objectmc.x -= 10;

}

 

function moveright(evt:event):void{

          objectmc.x += 10;

}

 

where leftbtn , rightbtn buttons placed on each half of stage , objectmc object want move.

 

as issue number 2, make sure put 2 buttons in layer on top of layer have object move.

 

i hope works you!

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