Ultra new to flash need help with buttons

[leinard98]

I'm trying to create a Nav menu that has buttons that stays on a down state when clicked. I've seen on the forums that it'll be harder to do that on button so I made it a movie clip, however the action script on the movie clip only seem to work the first time. For Example if I click on "btn2" I can't go back to "btn1". Here's the code that I'm using

stop ();
Home.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK,play11);
function play11(event:MouseEvent) :void{
    gotoAndStop("Home");
}
Arrival.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK,play12);
function play12(event:MouseEvent) :void{
    gotoAndStop("Two");
}
Men.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK,play13);
function play13(event:MouseEvent) :void{
    gotoAndStop("Three");
}

Arrival and Home buttons seem to work fine but once I click on the "Men" button I can't click on Arrival anymore but I can however still click on home. Help?

[avid_body16B8]

So you want the buttons to stay on the down state when they have been clicked and no go to a not down state?

In this case you could do this. I have the buttons with 2 frames - frame 1 is considered up  (grey) and frame 2 is considered down (red)

Home.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClicked);
Arrival.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClicked);
Men.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClicked);
function buttonClicked(event: MouseEvent): void {
trace(event.target.name);
    if(event.target.name == "Home"){
        gotoAndStop("Home");
        Home.gotoAndStop(2);
    } else if (event.target.name == "Arrival"){
        gotoAndStop("Arrival");
        Arrival.gotoAndStop(2);
    }else if (event.target.name == "Men"){
        gotoAndStop("Men");
        Men.gotoAndStop(2);
    }
}

[avid_body16B8 · Accepted solution]

if you want only the button that is clicked to be down and change when another is clicked here is a way:

If you have lots of buttons then I would do it differently.

Home.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClicked);
Arrival.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClicked);
Men.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClicked);
function buttonClicked(event: MouseEvent): void {
trace(event.target.name);
    Arrival.gotoAndStop(1);
        Men.gotoAndStop(1);
    Home.gotoAndStop(1);
    if(event.target.name == "Home"){
        gotoAndStop("Home");
        Home.gotoAndStop(2);        
    } else if (event.target.name == "Arrival"){
        gotoAndStop("Arrival");
        Arrival.gotoAndStop(2);        
    }else if (event.target.name == "Men"){
        gotoAndStop("Men");
        Men.gotoAndStop(2);        
    }
}

[leinard98]

Thanks for your help! Your example number 2 is what I'm looking for but I'll have to test it out after I have dinner. Btw, is there by any chance a way to message you so I can bump you if I have any questions? And on the example that you gave were you using Buttons or Movie Clips?

[avid_body16B8]

Sure let me know what you need. You can message me.

But there are  people who are way better than me here.

Buttons nav.zip - Box

I am using movie clips

[leinard98]

Most of the versions i've seen from the forums are too complicated but yours seem to be simple for a newbie like me to understand so I'd rather ask you anyway, I sent you a message! Thanks