# Stop flash movie with jquery

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-flash-movie-with-jquery/315122>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [October 18, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-flash-movie-with-jquery/315122 "2010-10-18T14:21:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![ultraloveninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/71e660/32.png) [@ultraloveninja](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ultraloveninja)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stop-flash-movie-with-jquery/315122/1 "2010-10-18T14:21:32Z")

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Hi there!

So, I was wondering if there is a way to stop a swf that is on the main part of my site when I click on a link that opens a lightbox window that is built in jquery?

Wasn’t sure if this is possible or not.

Thanks for any ideas and/or help!