# Placing a button inside a button

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placing-a-button-inside-a-button/273018>\
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**Created:** [October 10, 2008, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placing-a-button-inside-a-button/273018 "2008-10-10T09:06:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![jon\_b1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@jon\_b1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jon_b1)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/placing-a-button-inside-a-button/273018/1 "2008-10-10T09:06:14Z")

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Hey all!

I have a bar in a flash file that I want to change colour when a user hovers over it - so, it will be a ‘button’ symbol (correct?) - and on this same bar, I need to place two additional button symbols that appear when the bar is in it’s ‘over’ state - they both need to be ‘buttons’ as well (I believe), as they will be text, and become bold when a user then hovers over either of the links (in their respective button symbol’s ‘over’ state).

When I do this, whenever I hover over the bar, the bar flickers like mad, and the links don’t work…

Any advice, hugely appreciated!

Many thanks!

Jon