# OnClick event not working

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onclick-event-not-working/21002>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 15, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onclick-event-not-working/21002 "2003-05-15T16:47:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![JustSara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@JustSara](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JustSara)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onclick-event-not-working/21002/1 "2003-05-15T16:47:46Z")

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I’m working in a movie clip that will be placed on the main timeline. In my movie clip I have names of products. I want the user to be able to click on the title of a product and have another movie clip start playing. Under Actions in my movie clip my ON event is grayed out although the other events are ok. Anyone know why I can’t use the On event? I thought it would work like OnClick  
Play  
(movie\_crash). Oh… the names of my products are symbols.

Much thanks  
Sara  
P.S. I know they syntax is verrrry wrong. I’ll learn it someday but right now I just need help figuring out why my ON event is grayed out! 🙂

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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:** [May 15, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onclick-event-not-working/21002/2 "2003-05-15T16:55:31Z")

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```auto
on(release)

```

or

```auto
on(press)

```

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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:** [May 15, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onclick-event-not-working/21002/3 "2003-05-15T17:45:21Z")

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The movie won’t let me put an ON event on my symbol at all. I can’t figure out why.

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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:** [May 15, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onclick-event-not-working/21002/4 "2003-05-15T17:52:15Z")

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Ok, I realized I had to change my symbol into a Button Symbol. When the user clicks on this button I want another movie to start playing. Which actions should I use to do that?