# Making buttons work

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/119741>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 17, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/119741 "2004-08-17T19:43:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![flashstupid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/35a633/32.png) [@flashstupid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashstupid)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/119741/1 "2004-08-17T19:43:53Z")

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Ok, what I’ve done is imported graphics into my movie. I’m using those as backgrounds, similar to powerpoint. I want to make buttons that are necessary to move onto the next frame. But when I put in

on(release)  
{  
gotoAndPlay(frame#)  
}

it just skips over it and i can’t click on the button. I don’t have various layers set up for this, maybe that’s what I need to do?

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**Author:** ![lunatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lunatic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lunatic)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/119741/2 "2004-08-17T19:47:55Z")

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Welcome to the forums! 🙂

You don’t need layers necessarily (though they are nice for organizing). Sounds like you are missing a stop action. If you have multiple frames but you want to stick on one until someone presses a button then you need to put stop(); on the frame you want to stick on. Then when your button is pressed you can either use the following:

```auto

on(release){
gotoAndStop(frame#)}

```

or put a stop(); on the frame you want to go to and stop at and use gotoAndPlay(frame#) (or gotoAndStop - works just as well I think).

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**Author:** ![flashstupid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/35a633/32.png) [@flashstupid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashstupid)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/119741/3 "2004-08-17T19:57:28Z")

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Ok, I tried putting in  
on(release){  
gotoandStop(frame#)  
}

Nothing worked. When I do control\>test movie, it just skips it right over and nothing happens.

Should I be worried about the properties and parameters?

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**Author:** ![flashstupid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/35a633/32.png) [@flashstupid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashstupid)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/119741/4 "2004-08-17T20:00:10Z")

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If I do the other way:

on(release){  
gotoandPlay(frame#)}

and then put a stop() in my destination frame, it does stop in that frame but will not stop to ask me for a click in the other frame. AAAHHHH!

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**Author:** ![lunatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lunatic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lunatic)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/119741/5 "2004-08-17T20:28:59Z")

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Like I said, you need to put a stop(); on the frame you want to stick on. So whatever frame your button is on put a stop there.

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**Author:** ![lunatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lunatic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lunatic)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/119741/6 "2004-08-17T20:34:13Z")

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Here, I mocked up an example for you.

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**Author:** ![flashstupid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/35a633/32.png) [@flashstupid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashstupid)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/119741/7 "2004-08-17T20:45:45Z")

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Thanks, I just had the stop in the wrong place. I’ve got it working like I had wanted. Thanks so much for the help and the example.

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**Author:** ![lunatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lunatic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lunatic)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-buttons-work/119741/8 "2004-08-17T20:50:16Z")

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No problem, glad you got it working! :thumb: