# Adding and event listener to somethings parent

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-and-event-listener-to-somethings-parent/315272>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 21, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-and-event-listener-to-somethings-parent/315272 "2010-10-21T15:34:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-and-event-listener-to-somethings-parent/315272/1 "2010-10-21T15:34:10Z")

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Hi all,

I’m trying to add an event listener to something that lives on the parent level of the function that runs.

This is what I have in a function -

```auto
MovieClip(parent).footer.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, footerOpen);

```

Here’s the error that it’s throwing -

```auto
Symbol 'footerBG', Layer 'as', Frame 15, Line 10 1120: Access of undefined property footerOpen.

```

Thanks!  
Kev