# Disabling a background's interactions while an alpha layer is open on top...?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disabling-a-backgrounds-interactions-while-an-alpha-layer-is-open-on-top/85662>\
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**Created:** [April 6, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disabling-a-backgrounds-interactions-while-an-alpha-layer-is-open-on-top/85662 "2005-04-06T13:13:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![shangrula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@shangrula](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shangrula)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disabling-a-backgrounds-interactions-while-an-alpha-layer-is-open-on-top/85662/1 "2005-04-06T13:13:54Z")

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Hey, thanks for reading my problem.

i’ve been off Flash for a while and I’m having difficulties with such a simple thing and it’s annoying me a lot now that I cant remember how to do it.

What I am trying to do is have a overlapping layer that comes up over all the flash content. This is easy but I’ve noticed that all the buttons/interactions below the layer come through, so in effect the user get’s a link mouse pointer for no link. I need to make it so when the new layer comes over everything behind it is inactive, I hope someone can share the knowledge with me to get this as it’s really baffled me.

to give an example I wanted it like this:

![](http://img95.exs.cx/img95/4184/1blobz1at.jpg)  
the buttons are all active, then when the help button is pressed, all go inactive and only the help is clickable:  
 ![](http://img37.exs.cx/img37/792/1blobz24io.jpg)  
Thanks so much in advance & I am sorry for the lame question, I have lost my ways with AS temporarily! ☹