# Scenes

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scenes/150671>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 9, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scenes/150671 "2005-06-09T13:09:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![farsite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@farsite](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/farsite)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scenes/150671/1 "2005-06-09T13:09:12Z")

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hi, I have a button within a MC and when clicked i want to go to another scene,  
I have tried

\_root.gotoAndStop(“MyScene”,1);  
gotoAndStop(“MyScene”,1);  
gotoAndPlay(“MyScene”,1);  
and  
\_root.gotoAndPlay(“MyScene”,1);

but it doesn’t work. all element have instance names and a trace(); on the button confirms it has been clicked, but it just wont switch to the new scene, any ideas?