# Best way to transition menus

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-way-to-transition-menus/303081>\
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**Created:** [January 13, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-way-to-transition-menus/303081 "2010-01-13T17:21:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![aaron2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@aaron2004](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aaron2004)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-way-to-transition-menus/303081/1 "2010-01-13T17:21:26Z")

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Hello,

I’m a new comer to programming in AS3 and have hit a problem involving menu transitions. Please see the attached image. I have dynamically created swatches that show random colors into the bottom part of the screen. Clicking on these swatches changes the house color. I would like to be able to click on the giant box on the top part of the screen to change menus.

I have everything in the first frame. I thought I could use gotoAndStop(2) and rewrite the code for the new menu…however, the old menu from frame 1 persists through the timeline. Is there a better way of doing this?

I thought about having each menu being its own swf, but can pressing a button on one swf change the properties of another swf?

Thanks for the help,

Aaron