# Question about button actions

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-button-actions/231948
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 9, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-button-actions/231948 "2007-07-09T21:29:01Z")
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### Author: ![RLDG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@RLDG](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RLDG)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-button-actions/231948/1 "2007-07-09T21:29:01Z")

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I am trying to create a very simple dropdown menu, similar to the tutorial here:

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dropdownmenu.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dropdownmenu.htm)

But I have what I think is a simple question:

The dropdown menu is a movie clip composed of a series of buttons. Of course, when I click on a button I want an action to occcur (jump to a new frame). I know I can’t just use “on(release) gotoandPlay();” beacuse the button with that action attached is located in the menu movie clip. I want the playhead to jump to a frame in the same scene as the menu movie (one level up, for lack of a better term)

How do I do this?