Buttons over Buttons

Hello, Hello,

i am one confused puppy, i have read of advice that tells me to use a button over a rollover component to create a complex button. One of these buttons is for navigation and has a link scripted to it, and the other is simply for look, a component with a button inside it that triggers an animation.

What i can’t figure out is how to get a button on top of the animation layer, because everytime i do the button is the only thing that works due to the fact the button of the animation layer is covered and vise versa.

is there anyway you can actually do this?
thanks
malidia