Detect Mouse leave stage while dragging in Actionscript 3

Question

Event.MOUSE_LEAVE is great in Actionscript 3, but it doesn\'t seem to fire if the user is holding their left (or right for that matter) mouse button down.

Is there a

Answer 1

    var youMax_X:Number; //set this var to Max x
    var youMax_Y:Number; //set this var to `enter code here`Max y

    var dragBounds:Rectangle = new Rectangle(0,0,youMax_X,yourMax_Y);

    stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,handleDown);
    stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,handleUp);


    private function handleDown(e:Event):void{
            this.startDrag(false,dragBounds);
    }
    private function handleUp(e:Event):void{
        this.stopDrag();
    }