Buttons rollover effect

programming flash
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I have a set of retectangular buttons that I’d like to swap colours depending on if you mouse over one of them.

Scenario:
If you are on the “Links” page, the “LINKS” button is disabled and it is yellow. All the other buttons are blue and clickable.

What I want to do is change the colour of the “LINKS” button if the user mouses over any of the other buttons.

So say they mouse over the “HOME” button. I want the “LINKS” button to change colour from yellow to blue while the “HOME” button changes from blue to yellow. But I want to make sure the “LINKS” button remains disabled and no changes occur to any of the other buttons.

I’ve seen this done with javascript as a swap image efect.

Is there a way to do this in FLASH MX 2004? A tutorial somewhere?

Thanks
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This is one thing you can do.
on my project I got all the buttons in movie instance and when you double clock on it, it looks like this.

All you do is write AS on HOME button that triggers on LINKS… for exmple,


HOME_mc.onRollOver = function() {
    LINKS_mc.gotoAndPlay("_over");    
}
HOME_mc.onRollOut = function() {
    LINKS_mc.gotoAndPlay("_out");    
}

what will happen is that when user moves mouse over home it will chance color (or any other animation you want) on to links button. Take a look at the FLA file I have attached. [Notice when you move mouse over Contact Us effect happens on “Notice Board” button]

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Hi,

Thanks!

This is pretty close to what I’m looking for.

Thanks again!

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