# Holding a Button on the Down State

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/holding-a-button-on-the-down-state/315179>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 19, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/holding-a-button-on-the-down-state/315179 "2010-10-19T16:04:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![EpiPenguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@EpiPenguin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/EpiPenguin)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/holding-a-button-on-the-down-state/315179/1 "2010-10-19T16:04:54Z")

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Hi Kirupa!  
I need to have the user click on a button, and until another button is clicked, keep that button on the “Down” state.

Is there a way to do this in As3?

😃