# Making a button stay on the "OVER" state

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-button-stay-on-the-over-state/188687>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 10, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-button-stay-on-the-over-state/188687 "2006-05-10T02:13:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![rickcornett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rickcornett](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rickcornett)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-button-stay-on-the-over-state/188687/1 "2006-05-10T02:13:30Z")

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I have this Movie Clip Drop-Down Menu, which has a button inside (Overview) that turns red when you roll over it … When the Drop-Down Menus sub-buttons are clicked, the movie jumps to a frame labeled “WhoWeAre” or “OurMission”… When it lands on either frame, I want the word “Overview” to remain red, indicating that you are now in that section.

Can actionscript be written so that the “Over” state inside a button remains on once it reaches a new frame? I currently achieved this with a dirty hack, creating an ADDITIONAL menu with just the word “Overview” in red on the “Up” state, but it screws things up and the sub-buttons don’t work once I reach either of the new frames for some reason.

I’ve posted the file at [http://www.rickcornett.com/throw.out.fla](http://www.rickcornett.com/throw.out.fla)

Thank you very much in advance to anyone who may be able to help out. Cheers!