# SimpleButton.hitTestState - Why?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simplebutton-hitteststate-why/300822>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 28, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simplebutton-hitteststate-why/300822 "2009-11-28T08:24:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Keslen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/74df32/32.png) [@Keslen](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Keslen)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simplebutton-hitteststate-why/300822/1 "2009-11-28T08:24:05Z")

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It may be a lack of imagination on my part, but I can’t imagine any situation where I would program a Button and not want the hitTestState to be the same as the overState. Why are these separate categories?