# Buttons inside a movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-inside-a-movieclip/202101>\
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**Created:** [September 27, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-inside-a-movieclip/202101 "2006-09-27T18:29:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![DavidCastillo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@DavidCastillo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DavidCastillo)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-inside-a-movieclip/202101/1 "2006-09-27T18:29:48Z")

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Hi all, this should be a fairly simple question.  
I am attempting to build a 2 level navigation system (dropdown horizontally when mouse enters top level button).

I have the top level sections as movieclips with 2 frames. when mouse enters, it goes to frame 2 of the movieclip, and the 2nd level navigation buttons appear. I have the 2nd level sections set up as buttons, however these buttons do not respond to their over state. (they’re supposed to change color but fail me).

Question pt 1:  
Do buttons function properly inside movieclips? I’ve found that not only in my case are they not responding to a simple mouse-over, but the ‘hit’ area isn’t even being respected. Seems to only care about frame one of the button.

Question pt 2:  
Should I be building this thing differently alltogether? Are there any good reference files out there?

Any help or ideas are greatly appreciated over here.