# Method like hitTestPoint that ignores movieclip between mouse and target clip?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/method-like-hittestpoint-that-ignores-movieclip-between-mouse-and-target-clip/330210>\
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**Created:** [December 14, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/method-like-hittestpoint-that-ignores-movieclip-between-mouse-and-target-clip/330210 "2012-12-14T04:39:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/method-like-hittestpoint-that-ignores-movieclip-between-mouse-and-target-clip/330210/1 "2012-12-14T04:39:44Z")

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this is driving me crazy. i have a bunch of movieclips with their own class that get placed on the stage. i’m using hitTestPoint to determine if a mouse is over and OBJECT:

in the OBJECT class i’m checking:

if (this.hitTestPoint(stage.mouseX,stage.mouseY, true)) {  
trace(“over”);  
} else {  
trace(“out”);  
}

the problem i’m having is, if two OBJECT moveclips overlap the “over” call happens even if the OBJECT is covered by another OBJECT. is there a way to get the hitTestPoint to only target the object directly under it?