[RESOLVED] buttons to stay in down state after clicked

I am trying to get buttons to stay in the down state after it is clicked and remain there. I want the user to know what buttons they have clicked. I am using flash 8. Here is code:

my1_btn.onPress = function () {
gotoAndStop("down");
};
my2_btn.onPress = function () {
gotoAndStop("down");
};
my3_btn.onPress = function () {
gotoAndStop("down");
};
my4_btn.onPress = function () {
gotoAndStop("down");
};
my5_btn.onPress = function () {
gotoAndStop("down");
};

the down state works when pressed but doesn't stay.

gotoAndStop is not a method of the button class. try making your buttons into movie clips, control the rollOver/Out and press/release functionality with AS just like you're doing above, and either label frames in the mcs or just use frames one two and three (maybe four). You'll then have to break the onRollOut function (which resets the mc too the original state) as part of your onRelease function.

_b

I tried with movie clips but using the same code and instance names but I still cannot get them to stop on the down state

I am not sure about this one, but have a try with this:

PHP Code:

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mybtn.onPress = function(){
    this.gotoAndStop("down");
} 


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PHP Code:

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// on stage - 3 movieclips - instance names clip0,clip1,clip2
// each clip has 3 frames
// frame#1 - stop(); - frame label _up
// frame#2 - frame label _over
// frame#3 - frame label _down

// code on main timeline

clipArray = [clip0,clip1,clip2]; // array holds the clip instance names 

function downState(mc){
for(var n=0;n!=clipArray.length;n++){
clipArray[n].gotoAndStop("_up"); // send all to up-state
clipArray[n].enabled = true; // make all enabled
}
mc.gotoAndStop("_down"); // send pressed clip to down-state
mc.enabled = false; // make pressed clip disabled
};

// each clip sends its instance name to the function
clip0.onRelease = function(){ downState(this); };
clip1.onRelease = function(){ downState(this); };
clip2.onRelease = function(){ downState(this); }; 


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hth :)

a_modified_dog that works great but when I click the button to send it to another frame with the button still on frame it returns to up state and is inactive i want it to stay in down state throughout timeline

seems to work in this file :)

how does your file differ ?

i want once they are clicked whether any other button is clicked to stay in down state so in your example if you go from frame 1-2-3-4 at frame 4 all buttons would be red because they all have been clicked I have it set up now like your

I figured it out you are the man thank you very much