Making custom buttons dissappear when not selected

I am trying to get around the limitiation of not being able to add audio to a layered menu item.
Correct me if I am wrong but I think if I create my own buttons (that would reflect the same look as the active layers of the Photoshop file) then I could have audio in the Menu with the same look using the buttons I create.
Here is my question ... Is it possible to have a button dissappear when its not in the "activated" or "selected" state? I figure that I can create the button to look like the same active state and have the normal state revealed in the background graphic when the button is deselected. I just don't know how to make the button invisible or transparent when its not "selected" or "activated"
Thanks in advance
Lou ..

Yes use overlays for the buttons and do not highlight them in normal state (though you may consider having something showing for normal state so people know it is there as oppossed to totally not visibale)
Some examples and techniques showing mapping and then some others with video backgrounds also
http://dvdstepbystep.com/newmap.php
http://dvdstepbystep.com/rollover.php
http://dvdstepbystep.com/useelements.php
http://dvdstepbystep.com/buttons07.php
http://dvdstepbystep.com/motion.php

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Making a button disapear when not selected

Is there anyway I can make it so my custom button apears when it is selected, but disapear when it's not (rather than a color change). I can't seem to figure this out. Any suggestins would be greatly appreciated.
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That didn't seem to work because I have a video file as the background and I am still getting the keyed colors as highlight rather than an image file.
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http://salsunproductions.sitesled.com/misc/testrollover/testrollover.htm
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Im just recently switching over to using a mac for authoring. I really like all the features in DVD Studio more than what i was using on a PC for the past 6 years. Which was ulead DVD Workshop 2.
The only problem im having (For Now) is that i cant make my custom buttons invisible. I made this little black shape thing in photoshop and i want to use it in DVDSP for selecting different tracks.
I thought all i had to do was just save the black shape with a transparent background in photoshop as a .psd and import it. But that didnt work.
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I can send someone my little shape if they can make it a usable button that i can make invisible in dvdsp. I really need to see the layers done with a shape as a button to see how they were able to make it invisible.
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http://img694.imageshack.us/i/custonbutton.png/

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I created a custom button in ALV tool bar.   And also in my ALV grid I have couple of fields Editable option. User can change values for these 2 fields.
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