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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript classes > MovieClip > _visible (MovieClip._visible property)

_visible (MovieClip._visible property)

A Boolean value that indicates whether the movie clip 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.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4

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;
};

See also

_visible (Button._visible property), _visible (TextField._visible property)

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