# Help with buttons **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [March 24, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-buttons/16363 "2003-03-24T05:53:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wlwcom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c5a1d2/32.png) [@wlwcom](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wlwcom)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-buttons/16363/1 "2003-03-24T05:53:04Z")
Well I’ve been studdying flash for 10 hours now, I have a little animation, and a preloader, and I’ve learned a little action script. I’m attepmting to make a small, but clean looking web site for my upcoming comp biz. I have been trying for 2 hours now to make a successfull button… all I want is buttons\ to have a drop down menu to choose from and things pop up, kinda like this one… [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/full\_site.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/full_site.htm) click on the button that says “View sample site” I’m always on icq at 6033753, and I’ll check in here once in a while, if somone could talk to me on icq and walk me through 1 working button or give me a few toturals, thanks :tie: ---
**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:** [March 24, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-buttons/16363/2 "2003-03-24T06:33:22Z")
complex buttons need to be movieClips rather than straightUp buttons… [\>\>\>HERE is the stock MacroM’s tutorial\<\<\<](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/popup_menu.htm) check this out … hope it helps ---
**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:** [March 24, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-buttons/16363/3 "2003-03-24T06:34:50Z")
good link RelandR. You may also want to try working on a regular-ol’ button first to get the hang of it’s properties and behaviors. [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/buttonlink.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/buttonlink.htm) It says flash5, but it works the same in MX. 🙂 Also, you’re going to be notified by a moderator about your footer size, so I figure I’d let you know myself it will have to be changed. The footer restrictions are 300x60, and you can view the whole list of requirements here: [http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16928](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16928) ---
**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:** [March 24, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-buttons/16363/4 "2003-03-24T07:00:10Z")
These are both for flash 5, the one I need is the drop down menue one, but I can’t follow it, cause flashmx doesn’t have the commands it want’s me to use…or at least I can’t find them… :crazy: ---
**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:** [March 24, 2003, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-buttons/16363/5 "2003-03-24T08:21:09Z")
You can use things meant for _5_ in MX… …just not _necessarily_ the other way round, Cheerz ---
**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:** [March 24, 2003, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-buttons/16363/6 "2003-03-24T08:35:05Z")
The only important difference that I can think if is that the instance name in MX is put in the “properties” window. In 5.0 there is a “Instance” panel under menu options Window/Panel/Instance. everything else should be pretty much the same.