Help removing the maplight/sunroof panel!

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2003.5 Mazda Protege5
I removed the lens (1) and maplight bulbs (2) but I can't figure out how to remove the map light (3)!
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My maplight buttons don't "click" in place and the lights don't light... I noticed 2 screws sitting on the lens (1) that evidently came from the maplight buttons because there were 2 other screws still in the maplight button holes (hard to explain, sorry lol). It looks like someone took it apart once and threw it back together whichever way they could... I want to take the assembly apart and see what's wrong because the replacement maplight on mazdapartsonline isn't too expensive. I tested the bulbs to see if they worked, so it looks like there is something wrong with the whole assembly.
 
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alright, figured it out.

Just in case someone in the future has this problem, there are two metal clips on each shorter end of the panel. Push hard with a thin flathead screwdriver.
In my case, some idiot forgot to screw in the button or the screws just rattled out over the last 120000 miles.

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