# Active state of animated buttons?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/active-state-of-animated-buttons/192325
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [June 27, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/active-state-of-animated-buttons/192325 "2006-06-27T19:35:17Z")
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### Author: ![viktig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eb9ed0/32.png) [@viktig](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/viktig)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/active-state-of-animated-buttons/192325/1 "2006-06-27T19:35:17Z")

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I have 8 buttons made from the same movie clip button with different states (up, over, out and active).  
Now I want to get the button stay active when the cursor moves to the next button to let the end user know where they’ve been. What actionscript can I use to achieve this?