# Movie clip=Roll over button

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-roll-over-button/42519>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 10, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-roll-over-button/42519 "2004-02-10T01:26:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sk8er5960](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@sk8er5960](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sk8er5960)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-roll-over-button/42519/1 "2004-02-10T01:26:04Z")

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sorry to post without searching but i didnt know what to search for…

I want a rollover button to animate when i roll over it and stop when i roll out. Basically a movie clip that acts as a rollover button.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-roll-over-button/42519/2 "2004-02-10T01:28:11Z")

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as easy as 123:

assuming that u have an animation on said mc  
put on the mc  
[AS]  
on(rollOver){  
this.play()  
}  
on(rollOut){  
this.stop()  
}  
[/AS]

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-roll-over-button/42519/3 "2004-02-10T01:31:54Z")

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but the movie clip plays when it becomes present on the timeline. How do is stop that. (i tried putting a stop action on the first frame of the MC but that didnt work

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-roll-over-button/42519/4 "2004-02-10T02:11:32Z")

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try puttin a stop (); on the \_parent of the MC