# Playing movie clip backwards

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-movie-clip-backwards/236812>\
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**Created:** [August 23, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-movie-clip-backwards/236812 "2007-08-23T19:25:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![jabberwokky](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/jabberwokky/32/1774_2.png) [@jabberwokky](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jabberwokky)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-movie-clip-backwards/236812/1 "2007-08-23T19:25:07Z")

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Hello

I have this movie clip that is a vertical menu. the menu has a left and right button on either side and several small thumbnails inside. when you click on the right arrow, the animation plays, which just slides the thumbs along using a tween. I’m trying to get the left button to play the reverse of the animation.

[this is the swf](http://elbandersnatcho.com/flash/color/painter-v2.swf) here to have a look. i hope you get the idea of what I’m trying to do.

I’ve been looking for a tutorial on how to do this through action script, but haven’t found it yet. how can i do this so it’s more efficient or through action script 2.0?

I did do the scroll tutorial before, but I would like it to go from one thumb to the next one at a time. You can also see that the animation I’m doing now is causing the left arrow to play each time.

Any help would be appreciated!