# Timeline Scrubber with mouse \_x

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timeline-scrubber-with-mouse--x/291164>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 25, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timeline-scrubber-with-mouse--x/291164 "2009-06-25T16:02:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![soulty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/soulty/32/105_2.png) [@soulty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/soulty)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/timeline-scrubber-with-mouse--x/291164/1 "2009-06-25T16:02:50Z")

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Hey guys, a little stuck with what I assumed in practice would be quiet easy.

Basically trying to get a slider scrubber to control the timeline playhead of a referenced instance movieclip with the mouse movement across \_x.

Additionally I’d also like to add when the mouse is outside the actual flash movie that a timer initiates a ‘auto play’ in which the scrubber would also play and reverse in a loop until the timer is up (+ landing on the last frame) or if the user interacts with the flash movie again.

I’ve researched a few alternatives but most have drag controls and auto play constantly on, they also seem very complicated for such a simple concept.

Any ideas or suggestion will be much appreciated.