# Problem with masked buttons

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-masked-buttons/199085>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 30, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-masked-buttons/199085 "2006-08-30T23:42:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThePuzzleMaster](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/thepuzzlemaster/32/972_2.png) [@ThePuzzleMaster](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ThePuzzleMaster)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-masked-buttons/199085/1 "2006-08-30T23:42:08Z")

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Alrighty, so here’s my situation…

I have a set of buttons. They are all side by side. They also change shape and .\_x depending on other various aspects. These buttons (which are movie clips) have rollOver functions assigned to them.

Then I also have a mask nested inside those buttons. That mask, masks out some content that is stored on a separate layer. The content gets its own movie clip consisting of an image, and 3 movie clip buttons. These buttons also have rollOver functions assigned to them.

My problem is that, when the content is displayed, I the movie-clip buttons on the content movie clip don’t react to rollOvers.

I have tried setting the initial buttons that contain the masks and have rollOver states to .enabled=false; but that doesn’t work.

The only way I can get the content buttons to work is if I change the main buttons to .\_visible=false; but I can’t do this, because the main buttons have a reflection movie clip that needs to stay on top of the content…

So basically I would have thought that by setting my\_btn\_mc.enable=false; that the content buttons would then work, but that is not happening…

Anyone have any tips/thoughts/suggestions?

Thanks