# Stopping an animation with a mouse over
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-an-animation-with-a-mouse-over/58101
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 19, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-an-animation-with-a-mouse-over/58101 "2004-07-19T20:11:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@sci](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sci)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-an-animation-with-a-mouse-over/58101/1 "2004-07-19T20:11:03Z")
good evening,
absolutely moronic question I’m afraid. (I’m a complete amateur at flash but am enjoying learning it).
I’m trying to create a random picture gallery that displays a selection of pictures, in quick succession. Only one picture appears at a time. I’ve placed 5 small pics in the same place, each in a different frame on the time line and placed a gotoAndPlay(1) on the final frame so it continually cycles through the pics.
I just want the pictures to stop cycling through when the mouse is placed over the top of the pic and to carry on when the mouse is taken off.
I tried making them buttons etc but I’m getting in a bit of a muddle.
thanks for any help.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-an-animation-with-a-mouse-over/58101/2 "2004-07-19T20:14:01Z")
Yes, make them buttons. Then, use this:[AS]on (rollOver){
stop();
}
on (rollOut){
play();
}[/AS]This should work.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-an-animation-with-a-mouse-over/58101/3 "2004-07-19T20:20:00Z")
ahhhhh… so simple. Thanks alot for your help wizard.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stopping-an-animation-with-a-mouse-over/58101/4 "2004-07-19T20:20:42Z")
You’re welcome. :beam: