# Overlapping buttons

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/overlapping-buttons/282135>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 18, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/overlapping-buttons/282135 "2009-02-18T00:52:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![sevenxsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@sevenxsix](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sevenxsix)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/overlapping-buttons/282135/1 "2009-02-18T00:52:03Z")

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Hey everyone,

I am absolutely stuck on this problem.

I have a button that contains some other objects that can possibly overlap onto another button near it. Even though the textfield and the circle are mouseEnabled=false, it stops the MouseEvent.CLICK from responding to events on the right button when the mouse is over either the textfield or the circle.

![](http://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/kirupa/5144/dddb85f4ca1aeccc.gif)

The only thing that actually seems to allow events to pass through those areas is if it set them to visible=false, which isn’t an option.

Does anyone have any ideas? Attached the example fla.

Thanks very much!