# Release a button while pressing movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/release-a-button-while-pressing-movieclip/241326>\
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**Created:** [October 12, 2007, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/release-a-button-while-pressing-movieclip/241326 "2007-10-12T07:51:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![leighnelkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@leighnelkin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/leighnelkin)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/release-a-button-while-pressing-movieclip/241326/1 "2007-10-12T07:51:04Z")

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Hi There!

i’m trying to build a flsh menu navigation that appears only if the user is pressing the mouse down.  
while he still pressing i want the buttons to appear.  
and on release out/ mouse up he would be able to select an item.

in the attache dfile iv’e tried to apply over state on a button and on a movieclip but it dosen’t seems to work since the movie clip is already pressed.

is teher a way to get around it?

any help will be appriciated,

Thanks a lot,