# Animating the down state on a button

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-the-down-state-on-a-button/266312>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 18, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-the-down-state-on-a-button/266312 "2008-07-18T09:14:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![jdamon78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@jdamon78](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jdamon78)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-the-down-state-on-a-button/266312/1 "2008-07-18T09:14:09Z")

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Hi, I have a movie clip that I have attached to the down state of my button.

I would ideally like the animation to continue playing after a single click (at the moment the animation stops when the user stops pressing the button).

Does anyone know how I can achieve this please?

Thanks