# Clicking a movieclip "under" a movieclip

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clicking-a-movieclip-under-a-movieclip/286854
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**Created:** [April 22, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clicking-a-movieclip-under-a-movieclip/286854 "2009-04-22T00:18:57Z")
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### Author: ![quicksmack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/fbc32d/32.png) [@quicksmack](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/quicksmack)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clicking-a-movieclip-under-a-movieclip/286854/1 "2009-04-22T00:18:57Z")

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assuming that the situation is this…

on the main timeline, i have two layers… layer 1 and layer 2…  
on layer 1, i have a movieclip that has an eventlistener (mousedown)…  
on layer 2, i have a semi-transparent (50% alpha) movieclip that overlaps / covers the movieclip on layer 1…

how do i let the movieclip in layer 1 still receive the “mousedown” event when i click on it? …even if the movieclip on layer 2 is already “covering” / “blocking” it? is it even possible?

i think it has somthing to do with setting the “enabled” value to “false”… but im not sure…