# Button inside a movieclip

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-a-movieclip/286566
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 17, 2009, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-a-movieclip/286566 "2009-04-17T06:07:47Z")
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### Author: ![Me86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@Me86](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Me86)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2009, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-a-movieclip/286566/1 "2009-04-17T06:07:47Z")

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Hello,

Why I can’t add any actions on my button? It is inside a movieclip and I am using actionscript 3,0. There is only a text “Current selection cannot have actions applied to it.”  
:stare: