How to create custom MouseEvent.CLICK event in AS3 (pass parameters to function)?

Question

This question doesn\'t relate only to MouseEvent.CLICK event type but to all event types that already exist in AS3. I read a lot about custom events but until now I couldn\'

Answer 1

You can accomplish this by getting your handler out of a function that gives the variable closure, like this:

for (var i=0; i<5; i++) {
    myClips[i].addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, getHandler(i) );
}

function getHandler(i) {
    return function( e:MouseEvent ) {
        test(i);
    }
}

function test( j ) {
    trace("foo "+j);
}

Also, as for why this creates a new closure, you might want to check the explanation in the accepted answer to this similar question.