I want to keep that image visible until the viewer chooses another button

Question: I am placing art in the Over state of a button. This works. My artwork appears when I hover over their buttons, but I want to keep that image visible until the viewer chooses another button. How do I do that?

Answer: You need to create an invisible extension to the button that does not block other buttons. Go into the button. Add a new layer. Move new layer down to bottom of stack. Draw a large rectangle or even a group of same colored rectangles (forming irregular shape).Click on this new shape and in the color palette set the slider for Alpha to 0%.  Note: The Selected Object  will stay a solid color and will only turn transparent when it is no longer selected.  It will act as an invisible button extender. Make this shape the size of button area as well as art work, but not over other bottoms or plain area. I would draw the additional area in flash then delete away the areas over the other buttons. This can be easy when buttons are touching each other and with simple shapes. This gets more complicated when buttons are separated by a gap or have unusual shapes.