Flash MX - movie clip from static text - problem

[Dan S]

rowla wrote:

> I have a movie clip from static text. when you roll over this clip another
> menu is shown. my problem is that I have to be exactly over one of the
> letters of the text. when I'm between 2 letters additional menu isn't shown
> and of course that's not good.
> how should I change it?
> --
> best regards, jacek
>

You can do a button as others have said.

But if your calling the clip like so

myMovieClip.onRelease = function(){
whatever
}

I would suggest just making a rectangle behind your text, then using the
color mixer set the alpa to 0%, this gives you a hit area like a button.