Button Stays highlighted

programming flash
1

How do I create a button that when it’s clicked it stays highlighted? I understand how to make the rollover effect and how to make a MC-Button.

Can someone show me or lead me in the right direction?

Thanks
:whistle:

2

Best way to do it is with a movieclip… when I was learning flash I wondered how newground had those animated buttons when you roll over’d the button heh

3

highlighted meaning the 3rd frame of your button? just put a stop(); on the frame…

[edit] sorry didn’t know AS cannot be applied inside a button [/edit]

4

put this INTO your MC button
and give it some unique name (to each!)

onRelease = function() {
_root.active = _name
}
onEnterFrame = function() {
_root.active == _name ? nextFrame() : prevFrame();
}
5

Check out the example posted on this thread, they’re pretty basic, but they do the trick. =)

http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=28828

6

Thanks everyone.!!! :slight_smile:

7

I checked the example on the the threa above, but I still can’t get the button to stay highlighted when clicked.

What am I missing???

Thanks

8

Post your file so I can see what you’ve done so far.

9

I am using the fla from the previous thread…

10

Please help this is driving me crazy

11

in your mc button use this with frame one as the normal frame and frame 2 as the rollOver frame


onClipEvent(load){pressed=false}
on(rollOver){this.gotoAndStop(2)}
on(press){
pressed=!pressed
if(pressed){this.gotoAndStop(2)}
else if (!pressed){this.gotoAndStop(1)}
}
12

I must be an idiot. I can’t get it to work.