# Mouse Press and hold on a movie symbol?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-press-and-hold-on-a-movie-symbol/90789>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 20, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-press-and-hold-on-a-movie-symbol/90789 "2005-05-20T18:51:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![shuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@shuga](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shuga)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-press-and-hold-on-a-movie-symbol/90789/1 "2005-05-20T18:51:39Z")

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Hi, I’d like to know how to run a function when the user presses and holds down the mouse button on one of my movie symbols? I looked into listeners and event handlers, but I haven’t been able to figure out exactly how I need to do this? Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks!