# AS2 - Button in a Clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-button-in-a-clip/269831>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 2, 2008, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-button-in-a-clip/269831 "2008-09-02T05:48:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![arcynum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@arcynum](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/arcynum)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-button-in-a-clip/269831/1 "2008-09-02T05:48:58Z")

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G’day Kirupa. Long time reader, first time poster.

I have been searching around for the answer for this dillemma for awhile now. The problem is, i cannot click a button inside a movie clip because the mouse click is being “intercepted” by some of my other code. Ive been working for hours, so maybe my brain has had enough and its a simple answer. But i just cannot get the button to work. The code i allready have in place is used to drag the movie clips around the stage and is as follows.

onClipEvent (mouseDown) {  
if (this.hitTest(\_root.\_xmouse, \_root.\_ymouse)) {  
this.swapDepths(\_root.adeep);  
this.startDrag();  
}  
}

Any Help would be greatly appreciated.  
Regards, Chris