# Problem targeting movieclips within Flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-targeting-movieclips-within-flash/287136>\
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**Created:** [April 27, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-targeting-movieclips-within-flash/287136 "2009-04-27T04:45:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nars921](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Nars921](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Nars921)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-targeting-movieclips-within-flash/287136/1 "2009-04-27T04:45:08Z")

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Hey guys!

Long time reader, first time poster. I’m not a fan of asking for help but I am stuck at the moment so I will try to explain. I am creating my first Flash website, and after some struggles creating everything dynamically I have decided to simply use the old gotoAndStop on labels that contain text.

My problem:  
I have a movieclip for my background (bg\_mc), and inside this I have a movie clip that contains a drop down menu inside it(signage\_mc). I have used a mask to create the dropdown menu, and on the second frame of signage\_mc I have my actions targeting the items in the drop down menu. I have traced these and they work when clicked. Now I was wondering if anyone could tell me how I would go about targeting bg\_mc when someone clicks an item in this menu.

I hope that makes sense, let me know if you need any more information.

Jaye