# Question about clicking on a movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-clicking-on-a-movieclip/13096>\
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**Created:** [February 8, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-clicking-on-a-movieclip/13096 "2003-02-08T20:49:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![lava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a4c791/32.png) [@lava](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lava)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-clicking-on-a-movieclip/13096/1 "2003-02-08T20:49:13Z")

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hi… I have an instance of a movie clip, and I want to test for when the user clicks on it… how do I do that? (it has to be a movie - I can’t change it to a button…)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-clicking-on-a-movieclip/13096/2 "2003-02-08T20:53:08Z")

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on(press){  
//do this  
}

or

on(release){  
//do this  
}

You can use on handlers on movie clips in Flash MX 😉

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-clicking-on-a-movieclip/13096/3 "2003-02-08T20:54:59Z")

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oh, never mind… for some reason I thought that on(_event_ ) could only be used for buttons…  
yes… I’m dumb… thanks, though Lost.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-clicking-on-a-movieclip/13096/4 "2003-02-08T20:55:36Z")

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If you’re using MX then movieclips could be used as buttons as well, just apply button actions to the movieclip and to test it out, you can go to control enable simple buttons or just test the entire movie by pressing ctrl then enter.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-clicking-on-a-movieclip/13096/5 "2003-02-08T20:55:57Z")

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No… a lot of people don’t know on handlers can be used on movie clips.

This is only a feature of MX though…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-clicking-on-a-movieclip/13096/6 "2003-02-08T21:04:35Z")

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yeah, the book I’m reading for Flash MX says that onClipEvent() is for movies and on() is for buttons… that’s dumb. That’s why I was confused…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-clicking-on-a-movieclip/13096/7 "2003-02-08T21:07:41Z")

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Well… funny thing is…

onClipEvent handler is for movie clip symbols, but not for Button sumbols.

But on handlers can be for both movie clip and button symbols in MX.

on handlers were originally for buttons, so that is probably why they say that… to prevent any confusion of what an on handler and an onClipEvent handler was.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-clicking-on-a-movieclip/13096/8 "2003-02-08T21:10:15Z")

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well… now I got it… thanks Lost, you’ve been helping me out a lot.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-clicking-on-a-movieclip/13096/9 "2003-02-08T21:15:44Z")

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No problem… ^^^^^but Electrongeek helped too ^^^^^

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-clicking-on-a-movieclip/13096/10 "2003-02-08T21:29:22Z")

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electrongeek… I have some dude who just IMd me on AIM asking for you, for some reason…  
thanks electrongeek