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To remove the highlight when the mouse moves away from both text fields, we would first register both text fields to receive the

package {   import flash.display.*;   import flash.text.*;   import flash.events.*;   public class WordHighlighter extends Sprite {     private var word1:Sprite;     private var text1:TextField;     private var word2:Sprite;     private var text2:TextField;     private var bgRect:Shape;     public function WordHighlighter (  ) {       word1 = new Sprite(  );       text1 = new TextField(  );       text1.text = "Products";       text1.selectable = false;       text1.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;       word1.addChild(text1)       text1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, mouseOutListener);       word2 = new Sprite(  );       text2 = new TextField(  );       text2.text = "Services";       text2.selectable = false;       text2.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;       word2.x = 75;       word2.addChild(text2)       text2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, mouseOutListener);       addChild(word1);       addChild(word2);       bgRect = new Shape(  );       bgRect.graphics.lineStyle(1);       bgRect.graphics.beginFill(0xCCCCCC, 1);       bgRect.graphics.drawRoundRect(0, 0, 60, 15, 8);            }     private function mouseOutListener (e:MouseEvent):void {       // If the highlight is present...       if (e.target.parent.contains(bgRect)) {         // ...remove it         e.target.parent.removeChild(bgRect);       }     }   } }