# Play/pause button help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-pause-button-help/143660>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 7, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-pause-button-help/143660 "2005-04-07T18:54:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![toraneko](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/toraneko/32/1237_2.png) [@toraneko](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/toraneko)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-pause-button-help/143660/1 "2005-04-07T18:54:14Z")

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Hi, newbie here.

Question about play/pause buttons; I’ve got a pause button which refuses to work. I’ve tried

```auto
 on (release) {
stop();
}

```

and

```auto
 on (press) {
stop();
}

```

but they don’t work. The play button works fine though. The file has music, so maybe that’s a contributing factor? Because I’ve tested the buttons without music and they work fine.

Another question: I want to know how to place a “Play” button before an animation.

Thanks in advance!