User Guide

592 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference

MovieClip._visible

Availability

Flash Player 4.

Usage

my_mc._visible:Boolean

Description

Property; a Boolean value that indicates whether the movie clip specified by my_mc is visible.

Movie clips that are not visible (

_visible property set to false) are disabled. For example, a

button in a movie clip with

_visible set to false cannot be clicked.

Example

The following example sets the _visible property for two movie clips called myMC1_mc and

myMC2_mc. The property is set to true for one instance, and false for the other. Notice that

myMC1_mc instance cannot be clicked after the _visible property is set to false.

myMC1_mc.onRelease = function() {

trace(this._name+"._visible = false");

this._visible = false;

};

myMC2_mc.onRelease = function() {

trace(this._name+"._alpha = 0");

this._alpha = 0;

};