# MOUSE\_OVER and nested movie clips problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-over-and-nested-movie-clips-problem/256721>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 6, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-over-and-nested-movie-clips-problem/256721 "2008-04-06T15:05:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![psych](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/psych/32/2839_2.png) [@psych](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/psych)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-over-and-nested-movie-clips-problem/256721/1 "2008-04-06T15:05:31Z")

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Hi,

I have a situation where i create a parent movie clip and use addChild() method to add couple more movie clips (circle shapes from library) to it (with space between them naturally since child objects are circles). When i set onRollOver event for my main movie clip it gets triggered in fact when i roll over it’s child objects(circles) and rolling over space between them will in fact trigger rollOut event which i don’t want. I would like to use onRollOver on my whole main movie clip with its child circles so if anyone could help i would really appreciate it. Here is a sample code i am using:

```auto
var mainMC:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
var childMC:Array = new Array();

for (var i:uint=0; i <5; i++){
  childMC* = new Circle(); //Circle is 'circle' shape attached from library
  mainMC.addChild(childMC);
}

stage.addChild(mainMC);

mainMC.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, mainOver);
mainMC.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, mainOut);

...

```

thanks,  
best regards