# How to use Button.selected?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-use-button-selected/267857
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 6, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-use-button-selected/267857 "2008-08-06T14:36:17Z")
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#### Post date: [August 6, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-use-button-selected/267857/1 "2008-08-06T14:36:17Z")

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I’m trying

```auto

import fl.controls.Button;
var b1:Button = new Button();

this.addChild(b1);
b1.selected = true;

```

And it doesn’t work.

Should the Button be supposed to ‘select’… ?  
Where is the error?

Tanks in advance.