# Flash being strange?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-being-strange/92745>\
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**Created:** [October 21, 2003, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-being-strange/92745 "2003-10-21T09:42:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![6h05tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/eada6e/32.png) [@6h05tt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/6h05tt)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-being-strange/92745/1 "2003-10-21T09:42:26Z")

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Hi, i am using flash mx.

I have a menu movieclip (news\_mc) which when clicked on the top most menu button (instance = news\_btn1) a submenu containing 2 clickable buttons (current\_btn1 and archive\_btn1) should slide out underneath news\_btn1. This works fine. I have attached this movie clip to the stage using \_root.attachmovie(news\_mc, news\_mc1, 1)

Now when i press the news button the submenu does appear correctly, but when i try to press the submenu buttons nothing happens. I have traced the animation and have found that even when i click the submenu buttons, it shows that i am still clicking the movie clip main menu (news\_mc1) so it restarts the animation.

I have put all the actionscript on the stage instead of each specific button, is there anyway around the problem i am having?

Thankss