# Layering images over mx buttons

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/layering-images-over-mx-buttons/64119
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**Created:** [September 13, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/layering-images-over-mx-buttons/64119 "2004-09-13T13:23:50Z")
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### Author: ![lordnoble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3e96dc/32.png) [@lordnoble](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lordnoble)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/layering-images-over-mx-buttons/64119/1 "2004-09-13T13:23:50Z")

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For my first question I sure hope I’m able to get help I also in hopes you understand the question.

Ok there are a couple challenging parts to this: 🙂

I’m Designing an application(all the back end stuff complete) I’m now working on the interface with three navigation menu buttons (let say tab1 tab2 tab 3), I want to be able to do simple mouseover and onrelease events. clicking tab 1 would present the objects of tab 1 e.t.c…simple enough right…? also  
I need resources/tutorials to hover effecst to change the color of the buttons on mouseover.  
(its so easy to do in js/html)

Here’s where things got tricky, this app is fully functional using mx.controls.Button; is there a way to layer an image over that maybe to have all its funtionality?

here goes an image to get a visual of the effect im trying to get  
[http://www.anobleworld.com/frontend/data/upimages/sia\_background\_n.png](http://www.anobleworld.com/frontend/data/upimages/sia_background_n.png)