# Keyboard timeline control

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-timeline-control/231818
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 8, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-timeline-control/231818 "2007-07-08T15:07:27Z")
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### Author: ![hmmaah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47774/32.png) [@hmmaah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hmmaah)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keyboard-timeline-control/231818/1 "2007-07-08T15:07:27Z")

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Hi people. I’m trying something like this:

on (keyPress “\<Left\>”) {  
bottom\_mc.gotoAndStop(2);  
}

But when I put this on the timeline I am told that this action is only permitted but buttons. Can anyone help?

A.