# Button Rollovers

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-rollovers/2915>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 10, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-rollovers/2915 "2002-03-10T22:39:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-rollovers/2915/1 "2002-03-10T22:39:52Z")

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when i add to the action of the button in a rollover, the tutorial on the kirupa site says to put “/rollover” into the tell target box. i put that in, test the movie and it says it cant find /rollover. whats the deal here?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-rollovers/2915/2 "2002-03-10T23:45:21Z")

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You have to give the rollover clip the INSTANCE name “rollover”. I think that there’s something about it in the tutorial (very well explained, I’ve done that tutorial a while ago). Just in case : select it with the Arrow tool, and open the instance panel. Give it the name. It works now. Magic.\r\rA little bit of explanation : Flash works with instances of objects. If you create movie clip with a ball inside it, and you name it ball. Imagine for a minute that Flash only takes into consideration the name of the movie clip. What if you put 2 balls ? Which one will it be when you tellTaget("/ball") ? Now if you give them INSTANCE names, because that’s what you manipulate, an instance, not the clip itself, it all becomes clear as holy water.\r\rpom 0]

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-rollovers/2915/3 "2002-03-11T01:39:52Z")

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thx for the help, but what exactly do i give the instance name to? and i see nothing where i can edit the name of the instance on the instance panel, i see two drop down menus. one says behavior and the other says options. do i give the instance name to the button ?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-rollovers/2915/4 "2002-03-11T01:47:26Z")

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oh i got it, thx for the help