# Button symbol or movie clip?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-symbol-or-movie-clip/303396
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**Created:** [January 19, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-symbol-or-movie-clip/303396 "2010-01-19T19:23:37Z")
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### Author: ![Navarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Navarone](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Navarone)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-symbol-or-movie-clip/303396/1 "2010-01-19T19:23:37Z")

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When your button has 3 different states like rollover, rollout and selected and these are images. Is it best to make it a movieClip or a button symbol? I know this must be a very rudimentary question but I am learning AS3 and just thought I would ask.:emb: