# Animation for button

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-for-button/108810>\
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**Created:** [April 28, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-for-button/108810 "2004-04-28T21:09:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![randocommando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@randocommando](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randocommando)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-for-button/108810/1 "2004-04-28T21:09:18Z")

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I have embedded a movieclip in a button in the overstate to animate the text to increase its size. When the mouse is taken off the button it slams back to the original size. How can I animate it smoothly back to the original size when the mouse is off the button?