# Button, movie clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-movie-clip/34352>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 31, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-movie-clip/34352 "2003-10-31T19:56:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![synix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@synix](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/synix)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-movie-clip/34352/1 "2003-10-31T19:56:34Z")

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im making a button. on the over i want a lighting flash to slide by from left to right… i have it all done well but i want to button area to be a box around the text and when i make the box it shows through the box too, not only the text, and i cant seem to make transparent boxes for some reason. maybe i need to add them after i covnert to button, iuno. any1 help?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-movie-clip/34352/2 "2003-10-31T21:25:47Z")

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convert the box to a graphix, and then set the alpha to 0%