How to Create a Button in Director to Jump to Another Frame

You can create a button in Macromedia Director that will allow you to jump to another frame when you click on it. You might want to do this if you are creating a menu, for example. These instructions apply to Macromedia Director 5.0. Procedures for other versions may vary.

Things You'll Need

• Macromedia Director

Instructions

1. Open the Score, Control Panel and Tool Palette from the Window menu.

2. Click on a cell using the Score window at a point in the frame that is to contain your button. This selects the cell and moves the playback head to the frame that you have chosen.

3. Click on Button in the Tool Palette, then drag the Button tool to the Stage.

4. Draw a button on Stage.

5. Resize your button, color it and add text as desired.

6. Click on your button to select it.

7. Click in the white Script window at the top left-hand side of the screen, then select New Script. A Script window appears and contains the words, "On mouseUp .... end."

8. Locate the blank line that appears between "on MouseUp" and "end."

9. Type the words "go frame frameName" on the black line. In the place of "frameName," use the name of the frame that you have chosen.

10. Close the script window.

11. Play your movie using the Play command on the Control Panel. When you click on your button, the playhead will jump to the frame that you have specified.

Tips & Warnings

• You can also create invisible buttons that will turn other images and text into hyperlinked objects.

• Be sure to add a "go the frame" script to the frame, or the movie will not pause for input.