# FMX: There's gotta' be a better way

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-theres-gotta-be-a-better-way/11220>\
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**Created:** [January 14, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-theres-gotta-be-a-better-way/11220 "2003-01-14T07:38:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![bleutuna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@bleutuna](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bleutuna)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-theres-gotta-be-a-better-way/11220/1 "2003-01-14T07:38:48Z")

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[fmx]

**related files:** [.SWF FILE | [url=http://www.bleutuna.com/bleutuna.com\_6\_wmusic\_chris.fla].FLA FILE](http://www.bleutuna.com/qmanning_portfolio.swf)

Okay… :-\

I’ve been working with flash for about a week and a half, and I’m making a Flash version of my portfolio, and I’ve got a pretty specific action I want to happen when a section is clicked.

The movie consists of 6 different layers that come in from the left, and each one of these layers will essentially act as the “stage” for a particular section. The action I want to be performed is that clicking on a link will move the other layers out of the way, making room for the particular section that’s been clicked.

The problem I’m having is that I don’t want to have to create umpteen number of possible movements for the movies. I am thinking there _has_ to be a way to tell Flash that if **LINK 1** has been clicked and moved into position, that clicking **LINK 4** should move all layers from where they are at into the right position - without jumping.

As I wrote above, I can do it by creating a complex series of **switches** and then many, many, many different groups of frames, just calling and sending when a new link has been clicked. But this seems awfully archaic to me. There just has to be a more dynamic way to accomplish this.

[If you view this movie](http://www.bleutuna.com/qmanning_portfolio.swf), you’ll see how clicking the second link will cause the movie to “jump” into a position, and then move smoothly into place.

It’s _really_ hard to explain if you haven’t seen the movie 😉 So I’ll just wait until a couple of the smarter, more experienced blokes on this board have had the chance to view the movie, and then I can give more specific feedback based on your questions.

If you’d like to view the .FLA movie, you can download it at [http://www.bleutuna.com/bleutuna.com\_6\_wmusic\_chris.fla](http://www.bleutuna.com/bleutuna.com_6_wmusic_chris.fla) - be warned, however, it’s over **7MB** , as I haven’t had the chance to clean it up yet.

So, please…if you can help me, I’d be mucho appreciato 😃