# How on earth do you get instance name of a button?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-on-earth-do-you-get-instance-name-of-a-button/206590
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**Created:** [November 9, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-on-earth-do-you-get-instance-name-of-a-button/206590 "2006-11-09T16:50:53Z")
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### Author: ![jpixels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@jpixels](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jpixels)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-on-earth-do-you-get-instance-name-of-a-button/206590/1 "2006-11-09T16:50:53Z")

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on (rollOver) {  
butID=1;  
butName=this.\_name;  
trace(butName);  
}

the third line, is that not it?? When I trace I get nothing. Why do buttons have to act weird…