Listening for a click on the MX MenuBar control in Flex

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2010/02/19/listening-for-a-click-on-the-mx-menubar-control-in-flex/ -->
<s:Application name="MenuBar_menuBarItems_addEventListener_test"
        xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
        xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
        xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx">
 
    <fx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.controls.Alert;
            import mx.controls.menuClasses.MenuBarItem;
 
            protected function init():void {
                var mbi:MenuBarItem = mBar.menuBarItems[2] as MenuBarItem;
                mbi.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, mbi2_click);
            }
 
            protected function mbi2_click(evt:MouseEvent):void {
                Alert.show("You clicked the third menu bar item.");
            }
        ]]>
    </fx:Script>
 
    <mx:MenuBar id="mBar"
            labelField="@label"
            horizontalCenter="0" top="20"
            creationComplete="init();">
        <mx:dataProvider>
            <s:XMLListCollection>
                <fx:XMLList xmlns="">
                    <menu label="File...">
                        <item label="New" />
                        <item label="Open" />
                        <item label="Save" />
                        <item label="Save As" />
                        <fake type="separator" />
                        <item label="Exit" />
                    </menu>
                    <menu label="Edit...">
                        <item label="Cut" />
                        <item label="Copy" />
                        <item label="Paste" />
                        <fake type="separator" />
                        <item label="Undo" />
                        <item label="Redo" />
                        <fake type="separator" />
                        <item label="radio button" type="radio" toggled="true" />
                        <item label="check box" type="check" toggled="true" />
                    </menu>
                    <menu label="Help" />
                </fx:XMLList>
            </s:XMLListCollection>
        </mx:dataProvider>
    </mx:MenuBar>
 
</s:Application>