# Setting Button State with AS

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-button-state-with-as/280438
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 27, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-button-state-with-as/280438 "2009-01-27T17:42:17Z")
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### Author: ![energy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@energy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/energy)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-button-state-with-as/280438/1 "2009-01-27T17:42:17Z")

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By any chance, is it possible to change a state of button to “over” when the mouse is actually not over the button.

Basically what i am trying to do is that when a user rollsover a textfield i want to change the state of the button on stage to “over”. Is it possible?

Thanks.