# Detect Mouse Click Outside Flash Movie Area

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detect-mouse-click-outside-flash-movie-area/196457
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 8, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detect-mouse-click-outside-flash-movie-area/196457 "2006-08-08T16:26:01Z")
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### Author: ![jbkons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jbkons](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jbkons)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/detect-mouse-click-outside-flash-movie-area/196457/1 "2006-08-08T16:26:01Z")

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Hi Guys,

I was wondering if there was a way to detect a mouse click outside of the flash movie area. I understand that it could be done via javascript, but I was wondering if there was a way to detect a click outside of the swf using actionscript. Thanks!