actionscript 3 - Cloning object (Drag and drop) Flash As3 -

how make clone of movieclip after has been dragged, , make clone appear dragged movieclip before being dragged?

this have far:

movieclip_1.addeventlistener(mouseevent.mouse_down, fl_clicktodrag_2);  function fl_clicktodrag_2(event:mouseevent):void { movieclip_1.startdrag(); }  stage.addeventlistener(mouseevent.mouse_up, fl_releasetodrop_2);  function fl_releasetodrop_2(event:mouseevent):void { movieclip_1.stopdrag(); } 

also know how make reset button, reset dragged , dropped objects on stage

you can select symbol want make duplicate of in library panel, go symbol properties (by right clicking symbol , selecting properties) , enable export actionscript

as symbol example, i've created plus symbol , named symbol plus.

once you've done that, can create new instance of symbol:

addchild(new plus()); 

note plus same gave symbol in symbol properties, if name symbol movieclip_1 in library , it's exported actionscript code this:

addchild(new movieclip_1()); 

if this, you'll notice symbol placed @ 0,0 next thing set x,y position of new instance. first need create variable can re-use instance:

var newplus:movieclip = new plus(); 

then can access it's x , y properties, other movieclip.

since you're using mouse_down event create duplicate, can use mouseevent's stagex , stagey properties:

function fl_clicktodrag_2(event:mouseevent):void {    var newplus:movieclip = new plus();    newplus.x = event.stagex;    newplus.y = event.stagey;    addchild(newplus); } 

just need start dragging:

function fl_clicktodrag_2(event:mouseevent):void {    var newplus:movieclip = new plus();    newplus.x = event.stagex;    newplus.y = event.stagey;    addchild(newplus);    newplus.startdrag(); } 

of course, need listen stage mouse_up event stop dragging. that, can make variable storing reference latest duplicated clip outside of mouse_down handler. way, whenever new clip added, accessible/visible mouse_up handler too, dragging can stop. catch check if new clip has been aded first, because user may click on stage without creating duplicate.

here's commented snippet:

import flash.display.movieclip;  //a reference latest/most cloned movie clip var latestclone:movieclip;  plus.addeventlistener(mouseevent.mouse_down, onpluspressed);  function onpluspressed(event:mouseevent):void {     //make new instance using linkage/export actionscript name     latestclone = new plus();     //copy mouse position movie clip position     latestclone.x = event.stagex;     latestclone.y = event.stagey;     //add stage     addchild(latestclone);     //start dragging it, instead of symbol manually placed on stage     latestclone.startdrag(); }  stage.addeventlistener(mouseevent.mouse_up, onstagereleased);  function onstagereleased(event:mouseevent):void {     //if there clone made/dragged     if(latestclone != null){         //then release         latestclone.stopdrag();     } } 

notice i've named single plus symbol placed manually on stage plus. instance on stage plus, symbol/class name plus:

you can run here , download zipped xfl flash source here

update based on comment bellow, turns out it's not complicated make duplicated instances draggable. can setup in 3 steps:

1. add mouse_down event handler cloned instance. in theory re-use existing handler, need have way of differentiating movie clip clone source , cloned instances. cleaner have separate handler, used cloned instances
2. set latestclone reference clicked cloned instance: way onstagereleased handler can re-used stop dragging of cloned instances
3. start dragging

based on previous example code using plus symbol, updated snippet looks this:

import flash.display.movieclip; import flash.events.mouseevent;  //a reference latest/most cloned movie clip var latestclone:movieclip;  plus.addeventlistener(mouseevent.mouse_down, onpluspressed);  function onpluspressed(event:mouseevent):void {     //make new instance using linkage/export actionscript name     latestclone = new plus();     //copy mouse position movie clip position     latestclone.x = event.stagex;     latestclone.y = event.stagey;     //add stage     addchild(latestclone);     //start dragging it, instead of symbol manually placed on stage     latestclone.startdrag();     //add separate mouse_down event handler cloned instance     latestclone.addeventlistener(mouseevent.mouse_down,onclonedpluspressed); } //event handler cloned instance function onclonedpluspressed(event:mouseevent):void{     //set latest clone what's clicked (mouseevent's current target)     //for more details on target/currenttarget , event bubbling see http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/articles/event_handling_as3.html     latestclone = movieclip(event.currenttarget);//event.currenttarget return object , latestclone movieclip, therefore cast currenttarget object movieclip type      //start dragging     latestclone.startdrag(); }  stage.addeventlistener(mouseevent.mouse_up, onstagereleased);  function onstagereleased(event:mouseevent):void {     //if there clone made/dragged     if(latestclone != null){         //then release         latestclone.stopdrag();     } }