# Play Animation Then Open Selected Item

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-animation-then-open-selected-item/217737
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [March 1, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-animation-then-open-selected-item/217737 "2007-03-01T15:22:00Z")
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### Author: ![tomyknoker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@tomyknoker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tomyknoker)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-animation-then-open-selected-item/217737/1 "2007-03-01T15:22:00Z")

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Hi all… Am wondering the best way to do this… I have 4 menu items, each time one of them is pressed an animation plays BEFORE it goes to the selected frame label. But I only want to have one animation on the timeline… IS there a way to do it so Flash knows what button is pressed and after the animation plays the correct frame label? Otherwise I guess I could have 4 of the same animation before each frame label just seems wrong to do it that way… I’m sure I can do it with As somehow…