# Chicken and the egg problem?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chicken-and-the-egg-problem/316915>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 6, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chicken-and-the-egg-problem/316915 "2010-12-06T06:36:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![yani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e9c0ed/32.png) [@yani](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yani)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chicken-and-the-egg-problem/316915/1 "2010-12-06T06:36:00Z")

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Hey guys, just run into a little problem, and i can’t figure it out.

i have a video player, and it has a movieclip that controls the playback. now i only want it to appear when the user rolls over the video screen itself, so I created a button to overlap the screen, but the problem is that the playback controls are located there too.

now if I place the playback controls under (layers) the large button, the individual playback buttons won’t work, but if I place the playback controls above the button, it thinks i’ve rolled off the button and takes the playback controls away.

does any of that make sense?

I can’t seem to figure out a way around it, and its been a long day. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!