# Instance name inside a mc
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-name-inside-a-mc/21058
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [May 16, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-name-inside-a-mc/21058 "2003-05-16T13:35:09Z")
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### Author:  [@kaykills](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kaykills)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-name-inside-a-mc/21058/1 "2003-05-16T13:35:09Z")
Hi,
i think i am going crazy… does anyone know if it is possible to give a button an instance name when it is located inside a movieClip?? When i put the button on the main timeline, I can give it a name, but when it is inside a movieClip i can’t. Is there any way around this???
Cheers
Michael
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-name-inside-a-mc/21058/2 "2003-05-16T14:49:31Z")
What do you mean you can’t? If you click on the button, the Instance Name box should appear in the properties panel 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-name-inside-a-mc/21058/3 "2003-05-16T18:45:46Z")
You have to double click the MC to go down the hierarchical level where your button object is located.