Button active area

So I've made my "button group" in photoshop. But I don't want the images in that group to govern the boundaries of the clickable button. Is there a way to map only a part of that group to be clickable?
Thanks!

ptelian wrote:
Can my button highlight be not inluded in the button group?
It could be, but then it would no longer be a button highlight - just a plain graphical layer, always visible. In DVD menus, highlights are attributes of buttons only, so your button subpicture layer must be within a button layer set/group.
It is possible to give the illusion of what you are requesting by using multiple linked menus from buttons that are set to Auto-Activate. But anything more than a few buttons will be a lot of work to set up, and will not work as expected in a software DVD player if you mouse over the button - the user will have to click the button to go to the next menu to see the "highlight".
p.s. : Button rectangles cannot overlap in a menu. If your design is such that this is what you want, you will have to do the workaround I mention above, or abandon your design. Personally, I prefer working within the limitations of the format and would therefore choose the latter. You'll find that most Hollywood DVDs also work within the limitations of the format.
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