# Making a text MC non-selectable?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-text-mc-non-selectable/38796>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 29, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-text-mc-non-selectable/38796 "2003-12-29T23:11:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![fedaykin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6de8d8/32.png) [@fedaykin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fedaykin)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-text-mc-non-selectable/38796/1 "2003-12-29T23:11:59Z")

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I’ve got a piece of text that I am using as movieclip to add some onRollOver states to it…but I need to make the text non-selectable…so when a user passes their mouse over it…the cursor does not change to the text bar…as when this happens I loose the RollOver state…

How can this be done.

Much thanks…

Fed

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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:** [December 29, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-text-mc-non-selectable/38796/2 "2003-12-29T23:14:36Z")

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theres a button in the properties panel that does this. Select the text and look for it. The button should look like [Ab] with the b selected.

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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:** [December 29, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-text-mc-non-selectable/38796/3 "2003-12-29T23:19:14Z")

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Oh, should have been more specific…I am using the createEmptyMovieClip method to establish the text field…

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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:** [December 29, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-text-mc-non-selectable/38796/4 "2003-12-29T23:21:54Z")

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you mean createTextField?

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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:** [December 29, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-text-mc-non-selectable/38796/5 "2003-12-29T23:24:12Z")

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yes…I’m creating an empty mc then creating a textfield in it…

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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:** [December 29, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-text-mc-non-selectable/38796/6 "2003-12-29T23:27:07Z")

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textfieldInstanceName.selectable = false;

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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:** [December 29, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-text-mc-non-selectable/38796/7 "2003-12-29T23:30:10Z")

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ahhh…lovely!

Thanks senocular!

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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:** [December 29, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-text-mc-non-selectable/38796/8 "2003-12-29T23:32:48Z")

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😃