Preventing mouse clicks from activating buttons in submerged MCs

[Roland Combes]

I thought I knew the simple answer to this but....


I have two overlapping movieclips and both contain buttons and clickable

scrolling lists.  Each of these movieclips are separate flash objects loaded

in as needed.


The buttons on the movie clip below the topmost movie clip are still active

even though they are obscured by the movie clip above it.  They therefore

respond to rollovers and mouseclicks even though they are below the current

clip.


So the question is, how do you prevent mouse events from "seeping" through a

movieclip to the one below it?  I know you could probably write additional

lines into every mouseup to check which level it is on and see if it's the

topmost level but is there an easier way?  I could also put a mouseup script

in the background graphic but then the cursor would change to a finger while

over the entire clip.


- Roland Combes

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