Movie clip symbol button

Question

I have created  a rectangle and made it into a movie clip symbol with text on it.  I want to use it as a button.  The problem is when I test my movie and I click on the rectangle and the button only activates when I click outside the text.  If I try to click where the text is to activate the button it doesn't work.  The cursor changes and all you can do is highlight the text.  Is there a way to create a movie clip symbol with text that the entire symbol is clickable?  I know I can do it can be done with the button symbol but I wanted to use a movie clip symbol.

JoãoCésar17023019 · Accepted Answer

Hi.Please take a look at the picture. It's located in the last row from the Character section.About the code to disable mouse interaction for the children, you have to first give a name to the Movie Clip instance in the Properties panel. Then you must open up the Actions panel (F9) and write something like yourButtonName.mouseChildren = false.Like this:Hopefully this shed some light.Thanks,JC

jennipher_samms · Answer

HI thanks for the reply. I looked in the properties panel and I don't see the choice to make the text not selectable. As for the second option my ActionScript code does not have mouseChildren property in it.

Thanks

Jennipher

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