# \_alpha property inherited?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-alpha-property-inherited/43682>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 25, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-alpha-property-inherited/43682 "2004-02-25T01:02:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![dekker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dekker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dekker)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-alpha-property-inherited/43682/1 "2004-02-25T01:02:52Z")

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Greetings everyone,

I wasn’t sure where this thread belongs, it’s probably more about Flash in general than about any specific version… This seems to be the most frequented forum though, so here goes:

Here’s the situation: On the stage there’s one MC named ‘container’ containing two movieclips named ‘A’ and ‘B’. A lies above B, completely covering it. Now I go in and ramp down container.\_alpha (via the mx.transitions.Tween class, or with a regular onEnterFrame-handler, doesn’t really matter). I expect to see the container with its contents fade out as a whole.

But what happens is that the clips A and B themselves are fading out as if I had changed their respective \_alphas. So when container.\_alpha is set to 50 both A and B are half transparent, which means I can actually see B shining through A, which is _not_ what I want. ☹

Is there a way to affect the \_alpha of _the sum of A & B_?

If this is just how Flash works and nothing can be done about it… Well, that would suck. :puzzled: I guess that’s what it looks like though. ☹