# Looping slideshow + scrolling thumbs

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**Created:** [May 10, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looping-slideshow-scrolling-thumbs/225319 "2007-05-10T17:40:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![deepareddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@deepareddy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/deepareddy)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/looping-slideshow-scrolling-thumbs/225319/1 "2007-05-10T17:40:13Z")

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[COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]I’m brand new to flash & actioscript and all else in between, so if any of the following appears naive it’s because, well, I am naive :}[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]First let me say that I’m immensely (immensely) grateful to [kirupa.com](http://kirupa.com) and all the great tutorials, information, and codes you all have so generously posted out there. I’d not have learned half of what I have so far without all this support![/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Okay, so here’s what I’m trying to accomplish:[/FONT][/COLOR]  
[COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]I’d like to create a slideshow that loops on “play” but that also has pause/prev/next buttons to give users more control of how fast the images appear. I’d really really like to incorporate scrolling thumbs here – a sort of fancy progress bar if you like, that would allow users to get to the middle of the show faster and start there (I’m dealing with quite a number of images, too, I should add).[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]What I’ve done so far:[/FONT][/COLOR]  
[COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]I’ve taken the tutorials that seemed relevant:[/FONT][/COLOR]  
[COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Slideshow[/FONT][/COLOR]  
[COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml\_slideshow.htm[/FONT][/COLOR]](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml_slideshow.htm%5B/FONT%5D%5B/COLOR%5D)  
[COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][[COLOR=#800080]http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml\_flash\_photogallery.htm[/COLOR]](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/xml_flash_photogallery.htm)[/FONT][/COLOR]  
[COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Photogallery with thumbs[/FONT][/COLOR]  
[[COLOR=#800080]http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/thumbnails.htm[/COLOR]](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/thumbnails.htm)  
I even paid close attention to the explanations of code etc. – may not have understood every word, but I did pick up a few things.

And it occurred to me that I could just combine the codes for the slideshow and the one with the scrolling thumbs. SO I did, and it worked – but only partially. The prev/next buttons do work, but they interfere with the interval & cause some interesting-but-not-necessarily-so-great effects.

Questions:  
IF this is a good approach,

1. How do I add play/pause buttons to this?
2. how do I get the thumbnail code to “talk” more effectively to the slideshow code – so that if a user clicks on a thumb, the slideshow either stops (and gives the user control of restarting) OR just continues from that point forward?

OR – 3. Is there a better approach to doing what I’d like to accomplish here?

[FONT=Lucida Sans Unicode]Any and all pointers are more than welcome – but do bear in mind you’re dealing with a very lay (but willing to learn some harder stuff) person here! Many thanks --[/FONT]