# MovieClips that act like buttons

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclips-that-act-like-buttons/135410>\
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**Created:** [January 27, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclips-that-act-like-buttons/135410 "2005-01-27T04:41:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![endy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f19dbf/32.png) [@endy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/endy)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclips-that-act-like-buttons/135410/1 "2005-01-27T04:41:58Z")

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Awhile ago i thought that I had come across some AS code that made it possable to treat MovieClips like buttons. (ie. being able to say somthing like:

[COLOR=Sienna]on(release){  
\_this.\_xscale = 400;  
}[/COLOR]

thanks for any help!