# How to determin if an object is ACTUALLY visible, not just says it is

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-determin-if-an-object-is-actually-visible-not-just-says-it-is/286095>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 9, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-determin-if-an-object-is-actually-visible-not-just-says-it-is/286095 "2009-04-09T21:35:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![dustinsmith08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dustinsmith08](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dustinsmith08)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-determin-if-an-object-is-actually-visible-not-just-says-it-is/286095/1 "2009-04-09T21:35:18Z")

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is there is way to determine if an object is actually visible - for example it may have the property visible=true, but is covered by another object so it is not actually visible, or if it is nested in a parent that has been set to visible=false?

I know that I could check with the parent to see if it is visible, but im not sure how to determine if the object is being covered up by another object.

Thanks