# Loadign swf's

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadign-swfs/17370>\
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**Created:** [April 4, 2003, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadign-swfs/17370 "2003-04-04T09:45:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cheez00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Cheez00](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Cheez00)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadign-swfs/17370/1 "2003-04-04T09:45:29Z")

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hi when i load an external swf, the mouse goes underneath it… any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadign-swfs/17370/2 "2003-04-04T17:01:14Z")

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Ummm… wha?

The mouse cursor always stays on top. You must be using a mouse.hide() feature in the loaded movie or something.

Or if you are using a custom cursor, then your cursor movie clip is probably on a layer below the clip with your empty movie clip that you load the movie to.