# How to access button inside movie clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-access-button-inside-movie-clip/302666>\
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**Created:** [January 5, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-access-button-inside-movie-clip/302666 "2010-01-05T12:46:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![ahanslot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@ahanslot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ahanslot)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-access-button-inside-movie-clip/302666/1 "2010-01-05T12:46:46Z")

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i have this code in an as layer within a movie clip called pages

ss\_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,reportCli ck);

function reportClick (myevent:MouseEvent):void {

// do something in response  
addChild(img\_holder);  
removeChild(img\_holder);

}

but the ss\_btn im trying to access is within another movie clip called menu is there a way i can access the button