# Navigation question
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigation-question/65272
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 24, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigation-question/65272 "2004-09-24T15:30:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Desire](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Desire)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigation-question/65272/1 "2004-09-24T15:30:25Z")
Maintimeline.
…movieclip
…animated movie clip
…navigation buttons
wats the codeing the tell them buttons to go back and play say frame3 on the main timeline of the current scene?
on (release) {
\_root.gotoAndStop(“Scene 2”,8);
}
is it summit like that?
ive tryed \_root and \_parent
dosnt seem to work probaly cos its wrong like but hey hey im trying lol.
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigation-question/65272/2 "2004-09-24T16:20:59Z")
Check out this tutorial and see if its what you’re looking for
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/transitions2.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/transitions2.htm)
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigation-question/65272/3 "2004-09-24T16:35:40Z")
no i dont think thats right some how.
i dont want to load in swfs or play and animation i just want my buttons to take me back to the main timeline of the current scene and to the correct frame.
thanks ne ways m8.
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigation-question/65272/4 "2004-09-24T17:43:35Z")
can you post your fla files so i can look at what your talking about?
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigation-question/65272/5 "2004-09-24T18:26:38Z")
```auto
on (release) {
_root.yourMC.gotoAndStop("frameLabel");
}
```
like that?
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigation-question/65272/6 "2004-09-24T18:42:35Z")
No can you upload your .fla file. So i can download your movie and look at what your working with.
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigation-question/65272/7 "2004-09-24T19:15:24Z")
no worrys m8 i sorted it thanks
max flash
on (release) {
\_parent.gotoAndStop(“label”);
}
i think thats the code i used or might have been root same thing thanks i forgot about useing labels for my frames.
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/navigation-question/65272/8 "2004-09-27T16:25:31Z")
neato.