# Flash Can't Reach The Button **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [June 10, 2008, 6:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813 "2008-06-10T06:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jephz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@Jephz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jephz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 6:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/1 "2008-06-10T06:14:33Z")
I’m experiencing a problem with my inventory system. I have a inventory that will hide/show itself whenever the mouse is over it. And inside “inventory”, I have a couple of slots that should trace “Pres” whenever I click on them. Problem is, it doesn’t. I think it has something to do with my inventory hide/show code because when I took it out, everything worked. Heres the code for the inventory: ```auto //This is so that it stays in one spot when the movie loads. onClipEvent (load) { yMove = _y; easeSpeed = 5; } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { _y += (yMove-_y)/easeSpeed; } on (rollOver) { _root.inventory.yMove = 96.8 } on(rollOut) { this.yMove = -42 } ``` Any hints? ---
**Author:** ![Macsy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/macsy/32/3238_2.png) [@Macsy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Macsy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/2 "2008-06-10T06:20:10Z")
i guess you are writing code inside the MC. Congrat, you will have to make 200% extra time editing the code. And you will have about 400% more syntaxes. onClipEvent = Movieclips only on = buttons only But, this could be made in root: clip.onEnterFrame () clip.onPress clip.rollOver clip.rollOut ---
**Author:** ![Jephz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@Jephz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jephz)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/3 "2008-06-11T01:19:53Z")
Yes, I put the trace code on the “slot” mc thats inside the inventory MC. But I did that b4 in another project and it worked…both my inventory and slot are all MCs. What should I do? ---
**Author:** ![Jephz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@Jephz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jephz)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/4 "2008-06-12T03:25:57Z")
Anyone? Some help? ---
**Author:** ![Macsy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/macsy/32/3238_2.png) [@Macsy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Macsy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/5 "2008-06-12T07:17:20Z")
have all action script in frame 1. then you can target the mcs with functions more easly: target.subtarget.onRollOver etc etc ---
**Author:** ![Jephz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@Jephz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jephz)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/6 "2008-06-12T12:26:24Z")
yes, I tried that already didn’t work either. Although I tried doing onMouseDown + if(mouse hittests target) which is basically the same thing as onPress and THAT worked. Should I keep using that or find a way to make the onPress work? ---
**Author:** ![randomagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@randomagain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomagain)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/7 "2008-06-12T12:42:02Z")
erm post the fla it can’t be that hard… if you are running cs3 give up now lol ---
**Author:** ![Jephz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@Jephz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jephz)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/8 "2008-06-13T02:14:24Z")
Ok, heres the .fla and swf: SWF [http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/130608/36782\_Untitled-1.php](http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/130608/36782_Untitled-1.php) FLA **[http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/130608/36830\_Untitled-1.fla](http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/130608/36830_Untitled-1.fla)** ---
**Author:** ![Adam1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Adam1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Adam1)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/9 "2008-06-13T04:23:18Z")
If you take out the "My Dad == " on your buttons, you can trace “fianlly” which is what I think you’re looking for, no? ---
**Author:** ![Jephz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@Jephz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jephz)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 6:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/10 "2008-06-13T06:14:15Z")
no No no, that was just a accident. I want to make the onPress work instead of hittest+mouseDown. Is there any way to do that? ---
**Author:** ![nathan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@nathan99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nathan99)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/11 "2008-06-13T10:06:34Z")
And here’s a pretty simple inventory of mine: [http://www.n99creations.com/vieweg.php?id=19](http://www.n99creations.com/vieweg.php?id=19) ---
**Author:** ![Jephz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@Jephz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jephz)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/12 "2008-06-13T15:04:52Z")
Mind if you post the .fla for me? I don’t want to through a whole registration process just to be able to download the file. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Ahab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@Captain\_Ahab](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Captain_Ahab)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/13 "2008-06-15T14:22:29Z")
I had the same problem. What I did was giving up on the target.onRollOver = function, and replaced it with a listener inside (yep Macsy, inside 😉 ) the menu\_mc (the mc that supposed to show/hide itself) that checked if the mouse was in the area of my menu, and placed the action for the buttons on frame 1 of my script. tell me if you want to see the code. ---
**Author:** ![Jephz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@Jephz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jephz)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/14 "2008-06-16T00:41:02Z")
Yes, please, post the code but also post some links to KeyListener tutorials, as I really want to learn and not just copy and paste 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jephz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@Jephz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jephz)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/15 "2008-06-17T00:38:11Z")
Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Jephz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@Jephz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jephz)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/16 "2008-06-18T02:46:39Z")
Bump… ---
**Author:** ![bnns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@bnns](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bnns)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/17 "2008-06-18T06:12:47Z")
wait you want it to trace what??? “finally”? ---
**Author:** ![Jephz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@Jephz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jephz)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/18 "2008-06-18T07:29:51Z")
thats just for testing…I’m gonna switch the trace code to something else once it works. ---
**Author:** ![randomagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@randomagain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomagain)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/19 "2008-06-18T08:51:22Z")
```auto /* inventory.onRollOver = function() { //trace(_root.yMove); _root.yMove = 96.8; }; inventory.onRollOut = function() { yMove = -42; }; */ ``` you need to engineer the inventory box to move in reference on where the mouse is. By using rollover commands you turn the entire box into a button, buttons within a button don’t work!!! **for example have code which calculates the area the inventory box is taking up** if mouse is within this area, set yMove =98.8 else yMove =-42 that means no hit tests either. it looks promising graphics wise ---
**Author:** ![Jephz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@Jephz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jephz)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-cant-reach-the-button/262813/20 "2008-06-19T00:20:53Z")
Thank you, I will try that immediately. The graphics for the new game are cominga along great, I’ll post up a demo in no time =).