# Using rollOut on Movie Clips w/Buttons Inside

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-rollout-on-movie-clips-w-buttons-inside/181685
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [March 11, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-rollout-on-movie-clips-w-buttons-inside/181685 "2006-03-11T23:06:26Z")
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### Author: ![blueplant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@blueplant](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blueplant)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-rollout-on-movie-clips-w-buttons-inside/181685/1 "2006-03-11T23:06:26Z")

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Hi there, I was hoping someone here could help with a problem of mine. I’m using Flash MX 2004.

So far I’ve been using invisible buttons to simulate a menu disappearing, but I’ve found that it has its flaws and I’d rather use a rollOut method instead.

Here’s my dilema: In my main timeline, I have a series of buttons. When you roll your mouse over each, they send you to their respective frame later in the timeline for each different menu. The menus have buttons inside that lead to different webpages.

The unselected buttons use the code:

```auto
on (rollOver) {
    gotoAndStop(20);
} 

```

To achieve the rollOut effect I’ve used (on the menu itself, a movie clip, in the main timeline):

```auto
on (rollOut) {
this._parent.gotoAndStop(1)
}

```

This works great, although there’s one problem. The menu now acts as a giant button and I cannot select any of the button entries inside.

Thanks for reading,  
A solution would be very appreciated! :tie: