# Movie navigation

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-navigation/9608>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 15, 2002, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-navigation/9608 "2002-12-15T01:21:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![swift7777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@swift7777](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/swift7777)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-navigation/9608/1 "2002-12-15T01:21:08Z")

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when I build a movie with buttons in it that on release are supposed to goto a frame in the next scene, they dont work when I drop the movie onto the root scene, can anyone tell me what I’m doing wrong. thanx

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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:** [December 15, 2002, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-navigation/9608/2 "2002-12-15T08:25:31Z")

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You can only change scenes for the \_root, so it won’t work in a movie clip.

This should explain how you should go about doing it 🙂

[http://raven.ubalt.edu/classes/old/pbds668.185\_Sp02/gotoProblem.cfm](http://raven.ubalt.edu/classes/old/pbds668.185_Sp02/gotoProblem.cfm)

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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:** [December 15, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-navigation/9608/3 "2002-12-15T14:23:49Z")

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thanx for the help lostinbeta, it help, maybe macromedia will fix this bug oneday.

p.s. I used to live in philly, 31’st and walnut, big up love park massive.\<:}

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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:** [December 15, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-navigation/9608/4 "2002-12-15T17:33:56Z")

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No problem 🙂

And I bet you are glad you got out of Philly. I know I can’t wait 🙂