title: How to handle mouseEvent transparently in AS3?
body: <p>I have a DisplayObject docked at the top of my interface that displays debug information (frames per second, etc.) and is translucent with an alpha of 60%.</p>
  
  <p>I would like to interact with items under this surface, such that when the mouse rolls over it, it dims to 10% alpha, and mouse events pass through it to the underlying objects.</p>
  
  <p>Normally, I have this debug info panel's mouseEnabled and mouseChildren properties set to false, so objects under it receive mouse events.</p>
  
  <p>The problem is that in order to hide it when the mouse rolls over it, it needs to have mouseEnabled set to true.  However, if mouseEnabled is true, the mouse events are not picked up by objects underneath it.</p>
  
  <p>As far as I know, I can't selectively enable mouseEvents, so it's either going to receive them all or none of them.  That means that I'd have to handle and forward ALL events, if I took that approach.</p>
  
  <p>I really wish the mouseEnabled property had a "peek" mode or something, so that it could receive the events if it is on top, but also allow them to pass through to objects underneath.</p>