# .\_visible = true and .\_visible = false

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-visible-true-and--visible-false/287655>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 4, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-visible-true-and--visible-false/287655 "2009-05-04T19:53:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![FLAnewbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ed8c4c/32.png) [@FLAnewbie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FLAnewbie)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-visible-true-and--visible-false/287655/1 "2009-05-04T19:53:59Z")

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Hello!

I’ve created a movie clip as well as 2 buttons.

Button 1 btnMinimize sets the movie clip to .\_visible = false

Button 2 btnMaximize sets the movie clip to .\_visible = true

Button 1 works perfeclty, however button 2 does nothing. I’ve run into this probelm with other projects as well, once you set an objust to .\_visible = false, you can’t re-set it to .\_visible = true again. Why not?

Your help is greatly appreciated!