# Easy looping question

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easy-looping-question/21454
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 21, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easy-looping-question/21454 "2003-05-21T19:15:43Z")
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### Author: ![Badeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Badeau](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Badeau)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easy-looping-question/21454/1 "2003-05-21T19:15:43Z")

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I’m making a simple drop down menu in flash, and I basically want the drop down to be an animation, as opposed to simply appearing there. So I made the button, and for the over state add the dropping animation, but the animation loops. So I dunno if I’m going about this wrong, but tell me if so- non the less, what is the easiest way to stop the symbol from looping?

Thanks

-Badeau (-:

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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: [May 22, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easy-looping-question/21454/2 "2003-05-22T01:14:23Z")

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open the movieclip of the roll-down animation, then select its last frame, and in the Actions panel add this:

```auto
stop();

```