# gotoAndPlay the main timeline?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay-the-main-timeline/298606>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 21, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay-the-main-timeline/298606 "2009-10-21T19:34:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![v8l57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/cc9497/32.png) [@v8l57](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/v8l57)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay-the-main-timeline/298606/1 "2009-10-21T19:34:51Z")

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I have a main navigation bar on my main stage that is constant through out. I have converted the bar to a movie clip. How do i then tell the movie clip to look at the main stage, not inside the mc, when a button/mouse event is clicked.

This is what i have.

stop();

name\_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, enterMovie);

function enterMovie(myEvent:MouseEvent):void{  
gotoAndPlay(3);  
}