# Problem with mask

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-mask/205754
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 1, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-mask/205754 "2006-11-01T17:21:10Z")
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### Author: ![twostep52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9e8a1a/32.png) [@twostep52](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/twostep52)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-mask/205754/1 "2006-11-01T17:21:10Z")

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hey, ive been working on a project for class and i wanted to make a button that when you roll over the text scrolls down and roll off it goes back up. what i did is create a white box above the botton that hides the text as it scrolls in and out. i did that but now im having a problem masking it so it looks right on my background. whenever i mask it, the timeline plays right but when i test the movie nothing happens. i have tried masking any help is appreciated because ive looked all over the place and cant find anything yet. the order of the layers are button-\>mask-\>text layer 1 -\> text layer2…with both text 1 and 2 being masked by the “mask”. thanks