Text as a Movie Clip or Button?

[roscoedesign]

I've heard from a lot of people say that MCs are the best way to make buttons because you can do a lot more with them. I am making three lines of text and next to each line is an arrow. When the user scrolls over the text I want the arrow to move back a little bit. I would like this to happen not just when the user's mouse rollsover the text but when it gets around it like a hit field in a button. Is the possible using a MC? Whats the best way to make something like this??

[Graphic]

yeah I definitely think that movieclips are better than buttons. I've only been using them for a short time now as i just recently learned how to use classes... Check out the tutorial on http://gotoandlearn.com about making buttons. It really makes things simpler

[Rekha Nair]

It is always better to use movieclips than buttons since you can apply so many properties and methods to Movieclips than buttons. In your case, as it is something to do with the hit area, it is always better to use a movieclip.

[mooska]

MovieClip are better, ok, but you can get button functionality with MovieClip as well ;)
Just add frames labbeled _up _over _down and stop(); in a first frame
Comes in handy

[fortelle]

If you get all the functionality you need using a button, I don't see the point in using a MovieClip.

[Graphic]

its cleaner, one line of code, can basically power all of your buttons, and all you do is change the name of the button through AS. It's jsut more efficient than creating 30 duplicates of a button.