# Movieclips won't stop on first frame

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclips-wont-stop-on-first-frame/247321>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 21, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclips-wont-stop-on-first-frame/247321 "2007-12-21T05:48:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![je5ta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@je5ta](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/je5ta)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclips-wont-stop-on-first-frame/247321/1 "2007-12-21T05:48:12Z")

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Hey all,

I have a loaded swf with a navigation bar which gets added on the fly:

myNav = new Nav();  
addChild(myNav);

myNav has a few instances of a navigation items (MovieClips) which have been inserted into it using the Flash GUI. The problem is that each movieclip item doesn’t stop() on the first frame but plays through it instead. The first frame doesn’t trace() either.

A stop() on the second frame works - but not the first!!!

I’ve attached an example of the problem…

(the box should stay blue if it stopped on the first frame, but instead it turns green)

Can anyone please help?? or give advice?

Thanks in advance 🙂

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**Author:** ![mateuspadua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@mateuspadua](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mateuspadua)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclips-wont-stop-on-first-frame/247321/2 "2008-07-09T21:22:34Z")

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I found a temporary solution until the adobe correct this problem. Below follows the solution:

Place a mc2.gotoAndStop (1) in the first frame of MovieClip (movStopTest) that contains the MovieClip (movTestBox) which operates a play alone.

Excuse my English because I live in Brazil and I am not speaking the English very well.:beer2:

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**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclips-wont-stop-on-first-frame/247321/3 "2008-07-09T21:46:21Z")

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This is a known issue that should be fixed with FP 10.