Dropped Shadow Movement on Mouse Click

I have a rollover graphic that changes states with mouse-over. The graphic has a dropped shadow given the illusion of depths and as the mouse clicks on the graphics I would like this shadow to move up and to the left. This would give the illusion of the graphic being pushed down and thereby further the depth perception. I made the rollover through the rollover dialog box in Dreamweaver. The entire page is made in Photoshop, sliced and then imported to Dreamweaver. The rollover graphic is one slice in this document and it works fine. However, I cannot figure out how to insert the dropped shadow in the existing slice so that I can attache the required move script in the behaviors tab. Furthermore, the independent dropped shadow file need to be moved, affected, by the click on the overlaying rollover graphics.
I am neither a savvy web developer nor a savvy Dreamweaver user so any input and help is appreciated and PLEASE don’t assume that I know anything about any of this = break it down to the most fundamental steps.
Thank you

Thanks for the fast reply
However, this is way above my head as an extreme beginner on Dreamweaver.
How do I implement the CSS formatting?
What is a pseudo-class?
How do I import the images needed?
I believe three graphics; one basic neutral, one change for mouse over and then maybe a separate graphic for the shadow that is then simply disabled on the click on the previous graphics. Or however you suggest that this should be executed.
Any help and input is appreciated and PLEASE assume that I know nothing about any of this so basics and fundamentals are appreciated.

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The position I get comparing mousex position and movieclip position. BUT it goes loopy when I move the mouse around. ie: I need the coordinates when I click and not a variable that changes while I move mouse around.
I will check it out now.
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