# Probably a basic button question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/probably-a-basic-button-question/178141>\
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**Created:** [February 8, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/probably-a-basic-button-question/178141 "2006-02-08T00:53:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![salimai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@salimai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/salimai)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/probably-a-basic-button-question/178141/1 "2006-02-08T00:53:10Z")

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I’m building a menu out of movie clips operating as buttons. I actually followed a tutorial on this site ([Complex Button RollOut/RollOver Effects](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/button_effect.htm)) and modified some stuff for my own means. But where I’m having trouble is actually getting the buttons to direct to where I want them to go. In the tutorial the buttons are directed to a URL, but I need each button to play a quick transition and redirect to a different scene. The problem I’m having - and I understand this is probably a very basic issue - is I’m trying to use gotoAndPlay, but that just affects the movie clip itself, rather than the rest of the stage like I want it to. Does this make sense?