Re: [flasher] Preventing mouse clicks from activating buttons in submerged MCs

[DRMRLPLS]

You could cover the underlying objects with one large empty button that will 

deactivate anything beneath it but this will give you the hand all the time 

although you can script that out.  


What I usually do is to create a frame in the lower level that I call "park" 

which contain s all the elements that you want visible, but turn off the 

items you don't want active by changing the behavior of the button to 

'graphic'.  You can set up a series of 'mode' frames in your lower level and 

target the different modes as necessary from the upper levels.  I hope this 

is clear.


Andrew


In a message dated 2/22/01 10:56:41 AM Eastern Standard Time,

rcombesehla [dot] com

 writes:


<< 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.

  >>