# Beginner Problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginner-problem/145373>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 21, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginner-problem/145373 "2005-04-21T22:40:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![gravenine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f14d63/32.png) [@gravenine](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gravenine)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginner-problem/145373/1 "2005-04-21T22:40:35Z")

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This is a total beginner question but I cant seem to find the answer.

When creating a button…

If the button is text based, you can type text into the button frame and then create a new keyframe for each subsequent event (over, hit, down).

My question is… sometimes when I create a button the surrounding text area acts as a button and othertimes it does not. What would cause this?

Sometimes I can only click on the actual color of the text.

Does that make sense?

Thanks