# Buttons with active, visited, & unvisited states

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-with-active-visited-unvisited-states/124311>\
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**Created:** [October 2, 2004, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-with-active-visited-unvisited-states/124311 "2004-10-02T02:07:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![gryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@gryan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gryan)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-with-active-visited-unvisited-states/124311/1 "2004-10-02T02:07:59Z")

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I have a [COLOR=Red]red[/COLOR] button with a MC nested in it where if you’ve clicked the button… the nested MC plays to the “active” frame and stops (here the button is [COLOR=Orange]orange[/COLOR]). I want the button to remain on the “active” frame until ANY other button is pressed.

getting it to stay orange is the easy part. this would be similar to a two state button (unvisited and visited), but I need the button to have a third state: active.

The tough part, which I can’t seem to figure out is… I have about 300 instances of this button and when any other button on the main time line is pressed the I need the “active” button’s MC to move to the “visited” frame where the button turns [COLOR=Blue]blue[/COLOR].

Joshua Davis has buttons like this. Look here: [http://flashtothecore.praystation.com/](http://flashtothecore.praystation.com/)

Can anyone give me an idea of how I would do this? :mu: