# Button to new scene, in movie clips? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [December 6, 2002, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-to-new-scene-in-movie-clips/9187 "2002-12-06T18:23:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dhero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@dhero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dhero)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-to-new-scene-in-movie-clips/9187/1 "2002-12-06T18:23:03Z")
Hi there, I’ve been following a flash tutorial, It’s a complicated piece. You’ll have to look at it to see for yourselves. My main problem is that I would like to try to add buttons to the scrolling ‘menu’ movie clips, that would enable me to go to a new scene. I’ve tried the ‘\_parent.gotoAndPlay(2)’ etc, but due to my very basic knowledge of action-scripting I can’t get it to work. Anyone have any suggestions, or wanna try? Thanks. This is in flash 5 but i’ll take MX scripting if I have to ---
**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:** [December 6, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-to-new-scene-in-movie-clips/9187/2 "2002-12-06T18:30:08Z")
You can’t change scenes from inside a movie clip. You need to add the actions to a frame on the main timeline, then target that frame with your gotoAndPlay() action on your button. Works the same in both 5 and MX. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-to-new-scene-in-movie-clips/9187/3 "2002-12-06T19:15:46Z")
Thanks for your help, Lost. Lovely site by the way. I read that you can’t change scenes from within a movie clip, but then I came across this: [http://raven.ubalt.edu/classes/old/pbds668.185\_Sp02/gotoProblem.cfm](http://raven.ubalt.edu/classes/old/pbds668.185_Sp02/gotoProblem.cfm) The guy on that page says its possible, and it would be cool if works, but no joy ---
**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:** [December 6, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-to-new-scene-in-movie-clips/9187/4 "2002-12-06T19:18:10Z")
Yeah, the method he used is what I said to do 🙂 You need to do \_parent.gotoAndPlay(frame#) on the button in the movie clip to a frame on your main timeline that contains the gotoAndPlay(“Scene”,frame#) AS. ANd his other method involves variables, which you can try, and it does work 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 6, 2002, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-to-new-scene-in-movie-clips/9187/5 "2002-12-06T19:22:08Z")
Ohh, I see. Thanks again, I’ll go and try that now.🙂 ---
**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:** [December 6, 2002, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-to-new-scene-in-movie-clips/9187/6 "2002-12-06T19:24:19Z")
Good Luck 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 6, 2002, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-to-new-scene-in-movie-clips/9187/7 "2002-12-06T20:05:18Z")
Oh man, this just isn’t working. This is what i get if i send it to frame 2: Scene=Scene 1, Layer=Menu, Frame=1: Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler \_parent.gotoAndPlay(2) I know i’m being cheeky, but do you think you could have a quick look at it to see where i’m going wrong? The red button on menu 1 should take me to frame 2 of the main timeline but i get the above message and a white screen Hope you can help, thanks ---
**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:** [December 6, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-to-new-scene-in-movie-clips/9187/8 "2002-12-06T20:09:23Z")
Well even without looking at your .fla I can see the problem. You put the code on the button… but you forgot the on handler ```auto on (press) { _parent.gotoAndPlay(2); } ``` ---
**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:** [December 6, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-to-new-scene-in-movie-clips/9187/9 "2002-12-06T20:16:03Z")
Oh well done Lost. I can’t thank you enough for your help, the mistakes probably look a bit silly to you, but i’m really not very good. Regards Dhero ---
**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:** [December 6, 2002, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-to-new-scene-in-movie-clips/9187/10 "2002-12-06T20:18:58Z")
Over time you will improve. Flash isn’t something you can pick up in a day, it is something you have to learn and get used to over time and practice 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 6, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-to-new-scene-in-movie-clips/9187/11 "2002-12-06T21:19:15Z")
Lost, i have come to the conclusion that you are one of the most helpfull people on this kirupa forum. Not the only person that helps, mind you, but the one that i see most frequently helping flashers. Props to you, dude!!