# Fix button colour

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fix-button-colour/183191>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 24, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fix-button-colour/183191 "2006-03-24T14:40:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![ferdibulbul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@ferdibulbul](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ferdibulbul)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fix-button-colour/183191/1 "2006-03-24T14:40:21Z")

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How do I keep a movieclip button to stay in it’s hit state after it has been pressed?

For example - Say I have a button that has white colour, but when you click it, it turns black. how do I keep the button black

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**Author:** ![ferdibulbul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@ferdibulbul](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ferdibulbul)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fix-button-colour/183191/2 "2006-03-24T20:15:26Z")

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i really need this…

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fix-button-colour/183191/3 "2006-03-24T20:22:32Z")

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You don’t need a button, you need a movieclip with “on” event handlers. Look in the Kirupa tutorials for advanced button. That’s probably what you need.