# Movieclip as button

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-as-button/136499
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 5, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-as-button/136499 "2005-02-05T15:24:05Z")
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### Author: ![Bless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/34f0e0/32.png) [@Bless](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Bless)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-as-button/136499/1 "2005-02-05T15:24:05Z")

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Hi. I’m sure this is really simple, but I’m baffled. I want to make a movieclip act as a button. What scripting do I need if my movieclip is called ‘button1’ and I want it to perform an action on release? Thanks