# Stupid button question - this is so embarassing

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stupid-button-question-this-is-so-embarassing/1684>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 10, 2002, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stupid-button-question-this-is-so-embarassing/1684 "2002-06-10T18:53:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stupid-button-question-this-is-so-embarassing/1684/1 "2002-06-10T18:53:41Z")

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Okay…this is probably the STUPIDEST question on here…my only excuse is that I’m still learning…okay…here goes:\r\rSo, I have this movie clip on my main timeframe, right. And, _inside_ this movie clip I have a lot of buttons (plus some other stuff…basically this movie clip holds the main content for my links page, so I don’t have mulitple layers on my main timeframe). Why don’t my buttons show their rollover states when I test my movie? \r\r-V

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stupid-button-question-this-is-so-embarassing/1684/2 "2002-06-10T22:10:14Z")

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Does the cursor turn into a hand ? And are you sure there is no button over everything ?\r\rpom 0]

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stupid-button-question-this-is-so-embarassing/1684/3 "2002-06-11T16:20:52Z")

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Are you sure that you’ve specified the hit area in solid black (with nothing else in the frame)?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stupid-button-question-this-is-so-embarassing/1684/4 "2002-06-11T16:48:40Z")

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Yes, I’m sure nothing is “overshadowing” the buttons…and no, the cursor doesnt’ turn into a hand! ☹ I’m not sure what you mean by “solid black” for the hit area. Do you mean putting a “background” to the button? If so, I’d like some advice on what the best way to make an “invisble” button (i.e., only the text–not the background–shows)