# AS2 HELP: button in nested mc won't link back to main timeline

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-help-button-in-nested-mc-wont-link-back-to-main-timeline/253777>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 5, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-help-button-in-nested-mc-wont-link-back-to-main-timeline/253777 "2008-03-05T00:42:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![liscola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d9b06d/32.png) [@liscola](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/liscola)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-help-button-in-nested-mc-wont-link-back-to-main-timeline/253777/1 "2008-03-05T00:42:53Z")

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so i have a main timeline with a mc. the main timeline has a button named “how\_btn” that plays the mc (named “how”). once i get into playing “how”, i have a button named “menu” that i want to bring the user back to the main timeline (where the “how” button is). this is how i scripted:

how\_btn.onRelease = function () {  
gotoAndStop(“how”);  
}  
menu\_btn.onRelease = function () {  
gotoAndStop(“nav”);  
}

the how button script works, however the menu button does not. is this b/c it’s in a nested mc? i tried specifying the root, but that didn’t do it either.

any suggestions?