actionscript 3, removeEventListener not working properly - actionscript-3

Question

I've made this game with event listener (coordinates) on mouse position when a click occurs (to move the character).
I've another event listener for drag and drop (to combine items) that works pretty well.
function stageDown (event:MouseEvent):void
{
stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, coordinates);
MovieClip(getChildByName(event.target.name).toString()).startDrag();
MovieClip(getChildByName(event.target.name).toString()).addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,stageUp);
...stuff..
}
function stageUp(event:MouseEvent):void
{
stopDrag();
...stuff...
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, coordinates);
}
In the function stageDown I remove the event listener for the movement(coordinates), than I add it again at the end of the function stageUp (when you release the mouse button and the drag is complete)
But is not working, when I release the drag the character start moving, can't understand why

Answer 1

I don't fully understand the why (something to do with how Click events are tracked I suppose) but it is the 'normal' behavior.
Here is how I've handled this in the past. Basically you can add a higher priority click listener to the object you are dragging and cancel the event there: (see code comments)
//Assuming you have something like this in your code/////////
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, coordinates);
function coordinates(event:MouseEvent):void {
trace("STAGE CLICK"); //whatever you do here
} ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//add your mouse down listener to your object
someObject.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, stageDown);
//ALSO add a click listener to your object, and add it with higher priority than your stage mouse click listener
someObject.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, itemClick, false, 999);
function itemClick(event:MouseEvent):void {
//stop the event from reaching the lower priority stage mouse click handler
event.stopImmediatePropagation();
trace("Item CLICK");
}
function stageDown (event:MouseEvent):void
{
Sprite(event.currentTarget).startDrag();
//listen for the mouse up on the stage as sometimes when dragging very fast there is slight delay and the object may not be under the mouse
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,stageUp, true);
//if you don't care about mouse up on stage, then you can just forget the mouse up listener and handler altogether and just stop drag on the itemClick function.
}
function stageUp(event:MouseEvent):void
{
//remove the stage mouse up listener
stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,stageUp, true);
trace("UP");
stopDrag();
}