Thank's for your example! But I'm sorry to say, I didn't get it. 
When I run context on it, it results in a 2x2 matrix of pictures.
Two of them show some reaction (change the color somewhat) 
when I click on them. (the cows don't). That's all.

Maybe it has to with the following lines in the log file:
...
interaction     : active
references      : unknown reference [][VideLayer{1}]
references      : unknown reference [][VideLayer{2}]
references      : unknown reference [][VideLayer{3}]
references      : unknown reference [][VideLayer{4}]
...
I tried the following example from the Wiki:
=======
\defineproperty[my-hasitations][layer][state=stop]

\startproperty[my-hasitations]
To \ConTeXt\ or not to \ConTeXt?
\stopproperty

\button{Show   Decision}[VideLayer{my-hasitations}]
\button{Hide   Decision}[HideLayer{my-hasitations}]
\button{Toggle Decision}[ToggleLayer{my-hasitations}]
========
This produces the analogous messages for these three buttons. 

My Context Version  - "MTXrun | current version: 2010.11.03 19:42"
My LuaTeX Version - This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.63.0-2010090921

on Debian AMD64.  I looked at the files with Acrobat Reader 9 on Windows XP
(BTW. I also tried this completely using a MiKTeX 9 Installation on WinXP without 
success)

Am I missing something?

kind regards
Erik



2010/11/4 Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>

Am 03.11.2010 um 17:38 schrieb Erik Margraf:

> Dear Contexters!
> In the last few days I could read a few posts about
> "animations" in a resulting PDF document. Some
> statements mentioned java script as possible means
> to create an animation.
> Is it possible to do the following (which is rather
> simple using html and javascript)?
>
>   -- Have a bunch of thumbnail pictures
>   -- When you click on a thumbnail you see a
>      larger version of the same picture
>   -- With the next mouseclick the picture
>      vanishes (you see the gallery of thumbnails again)
>
> if yes, how?
> Any hints are welcome.

Not perfect (it’s not possible to close the big pictures) but it should give you a first impression:

\setupinteraction[state=start]

\defineproperty [1] [layer] [state=stop,global=yes]
\defineproperty [2] [layer] [state=stop,global=yes]
\defineproperty [3] [layer] [state=stop,global=yes]
\defineproperty [4] [layer] [state=stop,global=yes]

\starttexdefinition properties
 \startoverlay
   {\startproperty[1]\overlayfigure{cow}\stopproperty}
   {\startproperty[2]\overlayfigure{mill}\stopproperty}
   {\startproperty[3]\overlayfigure{hacker}\stopproperty}
   {\startproperty[4]\overlayfigure{cow}\stopproperty}
 \stopoverlay
\stoptexdefinition

\defineoverlay[properties][\properties]

\startTEXpage[background={foreground,properties}]

\bTABLE[width=4cm,height=4cm,offset=none]
 \bTR
   \bTD \goto{\overlayfigure{cow}}[VideLayer{1}] \eTD
   \bTD \goto{\overlayfigure{mill}}[VideLayer{2}] \eTD
 \eTR
 \bTR
   \bTD \goto{\overlayfigure{hacker}}[VideLayer{3}] \eTD
   \bTD \goto{\overlayfigure{cow}}[VideLayer{4}] \eTD
 \eTR
\eTABLE

\stopTEXpage

Wolfgang