# Hiding from mouse events?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hiding-from-mouse-events/280913
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [February 2, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hiding-from-mouse-events/280913 "2009-02-02T22:55:55Z")
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### Author: ![Brent\_Summers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b19c9b/32.png) [@Brent\_Summers](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Brent_Summers)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hiding-from-mouse-events/280913/1 "2009-02-02T22:55:55Z")

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I am building an interactive map and have run into a very interesting problem.

After adding a floating cloud layer on top of the map all the elements below the cloud layer are inaccessible as the cloud layer is the only object getting mouse events.

Is there a way to to tell flash to ignore the cloud layer for purposes of interaction?