# Movieclip acting as button not quite working

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-acting-as-button-not-quite-working/232228
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 12, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-acting-as-button-not-quite-working/232228 "2007-07-12T01:00:39Z")
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### Author: ![cyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@cyan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cyan)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-acting-as-button-not-quite-working/232228/1 "2007-07-12T01:00:39Z")

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Hi all,  
I’m trying to make a movieclip act as a button (I’ve done this before and it works for the most part) My problem this time is that the movieclip is simply a piece of text, and light text at that, so when I rollover or press the movieclip, the mouse has a hard time seeing where the movieclip is because it is thin type. When using buttons, you can have a hit state, but what do you do if you are using a movieclip? The movieclip is on a translucent background, so i can’t fake giving it a background so it has something to hit on.  
Any ideas?