MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH LITE 2.X ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE - Visible (Button._Visible Property); Width (Button._Width Property)

Button 293
When you click each button, the file name of the SWF containing the buttons displays in the
Output panel.
_visible (Button._visible property)
public _visible : Boolean
A Boolean value that indicates whether the button specified by my_btn is visible. Buttons that
are not visible (
_visible property set to false) are disabled.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Example
Create two buttons on the Stage with the instance names
myBtn1_btn and myBtn2_btn.
Enter the following ActionScript in Frame 1 of the Timeline:
myBtn1_btn.onRelease = function() {
this._visible = false;
trace("clicked "+this._name);
};
myBtn2_btn.onRelease = function() {
this._alpha = 0;
trace("clicked "+this._name);
};
Notice how you can still click myBtn2_btn after the alpha is set to 0.
See also
_visible (MovieClip._visible property), _visible (TextField._visible
property)
_width (Button._width property)
public _width : Number
The width of the button, in pixels.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Example
The following example increases the width property of a button called
my_btn, and displays
the width in the Output panel. Enter the following ActionScript in Frame 1 of the Timeline:
my_btn.onRelease = function() {
trace(this._width);
this._width ~= 1.1;
};