# How can I toggle between clips inside a button

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-toggle-between-clips-inside-a-button/260182>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 13, 2008, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-toggle-between-clips-inside-a-button/260182 "2008-05-13T09:05:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![samifox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@samifox](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/samifox)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-toggle-between-clips-inside-a-button/260182/1 "2008-05-13T09:05:35Z")

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[LEFT][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Equalizer on/off[/SIZE][/FONT]  
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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Hi , [/SIZE][/FONT]  
[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I’ve created equalizer to my flash movie. I want to use it as a on/off toggle for the sound.[/SIZE][/FONT]  
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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I’ve created one symbol with an animation that imitate music playing and another that imitate shutting down music.[/SIZE][/FONT]  
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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I put them in a button frames.[/SIZE][/FONT]  
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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Right now , on up frame I insert the “equalizer on” symbol and in down frame I place the “equalizer of” f symbol , so as I release the button its go back to the initial state.[/SIZE][/FONT]  
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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]How can I toggle between clips inside a button ?[/SIZE][/FONT]  
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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]please take a look on the fla[/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT]

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**Author:** ![Pier25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@Pier25](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pier25)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-toggle-between-clips-inside-a-button/260182/2 "2008-05-13T17:34:06Z")

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My opinion is:

Don’t use buttons. A button is a movieclip with labels. Use movieclips instead, and you’ll be able to have more control over what’s happening inside.

In your situation I would create a mc with different labels for the different states (on/off).

I haven’t used buttons since flash 5 and I’m really happy without them 🙂

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**Author:** ![Digitalosophy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/digitalosophy/32/1114_2.png) [@Digitalosophy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Digitalosophy)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-toggle-between-clips-inside-a-button/260182/3 "2008-05-13T17:39:38Z")

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^ Agreed