# placeholderMC -layers showing underneath

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placeholdermc-layers-showing-underneath/217707>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 1, 2007, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placeholdermc-layers-showing-underneath/217707 "2007-03-01T07:29:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![daveg92656](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@daveg92656](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daveg92656)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placeholdermc-layers-showing-underneath/217707/1 "2007-03-01T07:29:23Z")

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Using Flash 8;  
Using Timeline based animation, not actionscript;

Sorry, this is probably an easy question. I have an intro page (named Hashem.fla) which uses a placeHolderMC as a container to load external .swf’s into (named HashemHome.fla, please compile into .swf, could not attach .swf here).

The problem comes with 2 different menus I want to use. 1 menu only for the intro page, then the other menu for the rest of the site.

I want to change from menu1 to menu2 upon clicking the navigation buttons, so i tried using “on (release)” and onEnterFrame to adjust the \_alpha of menu1 (=0) and menu2 = 100.

However, I cannot get menu1 to properly have the \_alpha =0 or visibility=0 and have menu2 \_alpha -100;

When I click the “Home” button to load the external .swf into the placeHolderMC, the underlying layers, IE: menu1 still show up, like my loaded external swf is transparent.

Since I am using the timeline, is this a matter of placement of the objects in the timeline? I tried using a blankMC, as a “divider” between sections, thinking menu1 would not show up, but it still does. Would actions better handle this?

Any ideas? I have attached both .fla’s.

Thanks, Dave.