Button Down State to Stay Active onRelease?

programming flash
1

Hello everyone. What is the simplest way to make a button’s down state stay active when the user presses it? I found out how to do it with movie clips with the following AS:

movieClip.onRollOver = function () {
gotoAndStop(“over”);
};

movieClip.onPress = function () {
gotoAndStop(“down”);
};

movieClip.onRelease = function () {
gotoAndStop(“hit”);
};

…but I want to keep the items as buttons. Thanks again.

Scottie

2

Well, exactly the same. You can give instance names to buttons too (but it’s much more practical to use movie clips all the time).

pom :slight_smile:

3

Instead of “movieClip.onRelease” do I state “button.onRelease”? (Don’t have access to Flash right now).

Scottie

4

Well, yeah. If your button’s instance name is myButton, then you whould write

myButton.onRollOver=function(){};

pom :hair:

5

Re: my original question, where do I place the mc code? I created an MC called “RSVP_mc”. Inside the “RSVP_mc” movie clip timeline I’ve created 4 frames, labeled respectively up, over, down and hit, placing the appropriate graphic on each frame. Also, each frame has a stop() action. Then, back on the mc itself on the main timeline I’ve added the following AS:

onClipEvent (load) {
RSVP_mc.onRollOver = function() {
this.gotoAndStop(“over”);
};
RSVP_mc.onPress = function() {
this.gotoAndStop(“down”);
};
RSVP_mc.onRelease = function() {
this.gotoAndStop(“hit”);
};
}

Nothing happens. Am I putting things in the right place? Also, I’d like it to load a .swf into an empty MC on the stage once clicked. What script do I add at the end, and where? I await your genius…

*<:) Scottie

How about this… Is there a way to add some AS to a basic button to make it “stick” in the down state? That would be so much easier!