# Impervious to a Mask

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/impervious-to-a-mask/288895
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 22, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/impervious-to-a-mask/288895 "2009-05-22T14:29:42Z")
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### Author: ![pittsburghjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@pittsburghjoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pittsburghjoe)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/impervious-to-a-mask/288895/1 "2009-05-22T14:29:42Z")

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I have a scrolling nav system that has popup tooltips. I have to have the nav under a mask for the scrolling ability, but it ends up cutting off the tooltips.

```auto

private var msk: Shape = new Shape();
...
msk.graphics.beginFill(0,0);
msk.graphics.drawRect(0,0, bg.width, bg.height);
menu.mask = msk;
addChild(msk);
...

```

Is there a way to assign specific elements under a mask to be unaffected?