# Button 'ON' or 'ACTIVE'

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-on-or-active/157345>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 1, 2005, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-on-or-active/157345 "2005-08-01T09:49:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![woot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@woot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/woot)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-on-or-active/157345/1 "2005-08-01T09:49:37Z")

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Hi. Buttons allow ‘Up’ , ‘Over’, ‘Down’ and ‘Hit area’ , but how do you show an **‘ON’ status or ‘ACTIVE’**. Say the user has pressed the button and you want to show that it it \*\*active \*\*after the user has released and moved the mouse off the button?