# Hit Area Problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hit-area-problem/325025>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 21, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hit-area-problem/325025 "2011-09-21T18:51:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hit-area-problem/325025/1 "2011-09-21T18:51:37Z")

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I have a movie clip on the stage that consists of dozens of tiny dots. I am running a dropTarget test on it but I need it to activate over a broader hit area instead of only if the mouse is over the tiny dots.

So I made a new layer and created a movie clip called “hit area” and set it below it and put the alpha to 0. But that didn’t work, it still doesn’t activate.

So I put the alpha at 2% - not really visible but the computer thinks it is - and then 10, but that still didn’t work.

What am I doing wrong?