# Stop addChild from affecting Mouse\_Over

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-addchild-from-affecting-mouse-over/314577
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**Created:** [October 2, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-addchild-from-affecting-mouse-over/314577 "2010-10-02T19:11:33Z")
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### Author: ![kt1978](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@kt1978](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kt1978)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-addchild-from-affecting-mouse-over/314577/1 "2010-10-02T19:11:33Z")

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Hi all

I have a box that glows when you hover over it and also there is a mouse trail.

The problem is that when the mouse goes over a part of the mouse trail it stops the button from glowing. (as it will trigger the mouse\_out)

How do I get it so that the mouse trail does not affect the mouse over.

Also, related to the same thing…

If I dont have it as a mouse trail but just random circles appearing in my box when you mouse\_over how do I get it so that the mouse over is not affected when the mouse goes over one of the circles created by addchild?

I have attached a small sample of the problem I’ve got in my actual file. Hope I’ve made it as simple to understand as poss.

My guess would be to create a transparent movie clip and keep putting it at the top of the stage(highest level - numChildren-1). How would I do this???

Thanks in advance