# I want to use the same Class with different MovieClips

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-want-to-use-the-same-class-with-different-movieclips/271505>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 23, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-want-to-use-the-same-class-with-different-movieclips/271505 "2008-09-23T21:17:45Z")\
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Flash won’t let me assign the same external class to two different MovieClips in my Library. What’s an elegant solution to this? Imagine I have a nav system with 5 buttons. Each button is a library item and I’d like to avoid having 5 different external classes unless its necessary.