# Buttons, can they affect layers?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-can-they-affect-layers/381
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 16, 2002, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-can-they-affect-layers/381 "2002-07-16T01:30:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@nstravinsky](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nstravinsky)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2002, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-can-they-affect-layers/381/1 "2002-07-16T01:30:09Z")
Can i make a button, when pressed, cause a layer to become visible or invisible?
If so, how?
thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-can-they-affect-layers/381/2 "2002-07-16T03:07:02Z")
What you are thinking of I don’t believe is possible, but I think I have an alternate solution. If possible take everything in the layer that you want to be invisble, convert the contents of that layer to a movieclip. Then the code is simple.
on(release)
\_root.layerClip.\_visible = false
This should help and it allows you to make the movieclip visible or invisible when every you want or after certain conditions are met.
Kyle
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-can-they-affect-layers/381/3 "2002-07-16T04:35:22Z")
No need to transform everything into a movie clip. Just give everything you want to turn invisible an instance name, and set them \_visible = 0 ;
pom :asian:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-can-they-affect-layers/381/4 "2002-07-16T15:03:32Z")
Oops, your right Ilyaslamasse I keep forgeting about Flash Mx and its ability to give everything an instance name. I guess I was still in Flash 5 mode when I posted. Thanks that helped the both of us I think.
Kyle
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-can-they-affect-layers/381/5 "2002-07-16T17:54:01Z")
I have two background bitmaps turned into movieclips (Background1, Background2)
They are on 2 seperate layers. I then have a buttons with this code:
on(release) {
Background2.\_visible = false;
}
Why doesn’t Background2 hide, so I can see Background1 on the layer beneath?
I even tried giving Background2 the instance name Backg2 and changing the code to:
on(release) {
Backg2.\_visible = false;
}
Neither works. What am I overlooking?
Thanks
RR