# Delaying Actions

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delaying-actions/280823>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 1, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delaying-actions/280823 "2009-02-01T21:08:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Danief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Danief](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Danief)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/delaying-actions/280823/1 "2009-02-01T21:08:48Z")

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I have a series of actions set to go on a button press. here they are:

```auto
fade.gotoAndPlay(2);
    gotoAndStop(337);
    hey.stop()
    lol.start(0, 10)

```

I need the “fade.gotoandplay(2)” to go, and then two seconds later, the rest of the actions go. halp! :puzzled: