# Editing a symbol's URL

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/editing-a-symbols-url/19149>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 24, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/editing-a-symbols-url/19149 "2003-04-24T18:17:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dominions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dominions](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dominions)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/editing-a-symbols-url/19149/1 "2003-04-24T18:17:22Z")

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How am I supposed to edit a symbol’s URL with the getURL function if there is no way that I can see the original URL? Or maybe I am just not figuring out how to do it.

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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:** [April 25, 2003, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/editing-a-symbols-url/19149/2 "2003-04-25T09:04:53Z")

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A URL of a symbol? Or do you mean a link to a URL \<i\>from\</i\> a symbol? If it’s the second option, then the symbol needs to be a button, not a graphic. 🙂

Apologies if I haven’t got the point of your problem… If you could explain it a little clearer please?

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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:** [April 25, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/editing-a-symbols-url/19149/3 "2003-04-25T15:53:24Z")

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It is the second option and it **is** a button. I just don’t get why it is not working when I select it from the drop down in the top right corner of the Flash 5 program and then open the Actions Panel? :q: