Re: [Flashcoders] making movie clips tranparent

Wow, thanks, all! I'll look into all of these possibilities. Because of deadline pressures I had to stretch my assets on the timeline now, and not use much actionscripting, which sure is not very elegant and I hope there are no bugs in it (luckily just a quick demo). But for the final version I'l

Re: [Flashcoders] making movie clips tranparent

upper_mc._visible=false can work too or you can also swap the depths of upper_mc and down_mc MovieClip.swapDepths *Availability* Flash Player 5. *Usage* |myMovieClip| |.swapDepths(| |depth| |)| |myMovieClip| |.swapDepths(| |target| |)| *Parameters* |target| The movie clip instance

Re: [Flashcoders] making movie clips tranparent

just make sure the upper_mc clip hasn't got mouse events attached to it like onPress and onRelease onRollover , ... then the one underneath should be accessible even it is totally covered by the upper_mc make two layers and add in the higher one an mc called upper_mc and in the lower one under_

Re: [Flashcoders] making movie clips tranparent

yes, I am using AS2 (will be for a while I guess) , Thaks will look into all of these! Nik On 5/10/07, Leandro Amano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi nik! What ActionScript version are you using? regards Leandro Amano On 5/10/07, nik crosina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > Is there a way

Re: [Flashcoders] making movie clips tranparent

Hi nik! What ActionScript version are you using? regards Leandro Amano On 5/10/07, nik crosina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Is there a way I can make movie clips transparent, so that the mouse reacts to buttons that are under them? I have the problem of buttons switching on large areas of c

Re: [Flashcoders] making movie clips tranparent

try ._visible = false on the mc buttons above or check out event bubbling in AS3. I'm guessing you are doing AS2 though. On 5/10/07, nik crosina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Is there a way I can make movie clips transparent, so that the mouse reacts to buttons that are under them? I have the

Re: [Flashcoders] making movie clips tranparent

Either set the clip's _visible=false Or get rid of any event handlers/onRelease/onPress handlers on the clip e.g. delete clip.onRelease Ian On 5/10/07, nik crosina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Is there a way I can make movie clips transparent, so that the mouse reacts to buttons that are und

[Flashcoders] making movie clips tranparent

Hi Is there a way I can make movie clips transparent, so that the mouse reacts to buttons that are under them? I have the problem of buttons switching on large areas of content, that then cover (with their rectangle outline, buttons that shoulds still be accessible below them which I can't then