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How do I make a action button?

Like on hover it changes colors and styles.

Ive been looking on how to do this and I cant find anything. Sorry to say im behind on this stuff.

In flash, goto Library, then hit add new symbol (or F8) and then under symbol properties make it a button, then insert keyframes in the over (Hover) and down (click) state, and then paint each one and there you go

Hi Again ...

A little nifty trick that is often used is the hidden button ...

What's the idea ... you create one button that has only a HIT state ... this has a lot of advantages ...

You can control different actions on different levels and it's very good in size because it's reusable .

Actually it's the first thing i create when i start a new movie ...

So F8 (create symbol) .... and choose button.
Go to the HIT state and draw a rectangular ...

Click Save ...

Create a timeline layer that you call buttons and drag your hidden button on stage ...

You see a green rectangular ... that's your button ;-)

now on a underlying layer place your symbol and give it an instance name ...

Your instance is for example a movie clip (XXX) with 5 keyframes and 5 different labels and shapes ... (it's your creativity)

Place in the actionscript for the button ...

On mouseover tell target XXX goto .... blabla ...

You can see it at work in the fla file that's posted for the FlashIcons Hack if you want to ...

Have Fun ...

Greetz

Knuff