# Problem textfield inside a movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-textfield-inside-a-movieclip/276399>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 26, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-textfield-inside-a-movieclip/276399 "2008-11-26T17:28:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![ParanoidAndroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@ParanoidAndroid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ParanoidAndroid)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-textfield-inside-a-movieclip/276399/1 "2008-11-26T17:28:08Z")

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well i have a textfield inside as a movieclip that will work as a button. i wrote the code like this, just to test  
stop();  
this.buttonMode=true;

addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE\_OVER,over);  
addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE\_OUT,out);  
//addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,down);

function over(event:MouseEvent):void  
{  
gotoAndStop(“over”);  
}

function out(event:MouseEvent):void  
{  
gotoAndStop(“up”);  
}

the problem is that the ""hand cursor doesn’t appear, there is only the text cursor. i ven set the buttonmode in true and nothing i even tried placing a transparent rectangle behind (and over) the textfield to extend the hitarea but NOTHING.  
what’s wrong in here?? what can i do to get the hand cursor like the buttons???  
please help, i’m really confused :cry3:a