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# Actions

Actions are what PLAY does in response to a gesture, a timeline moment, or a progression change. Every action type, in one place.

An **Action** is what PLAY does when something happens in a playable. Change scenes, show a layer, play a sound, update a score, send the user to the store.

The same action dropdown appears everywhere PLAY can react to an event:

* [Interactions](/play/properties/interactions.md), when a user taps, swipes or drags a layer
* Layer **On Finish**, when a layer reaches the end of its time on the timeline
* Scene **On finish** and [Scene Events](/play/layers/scenes/scene-events.md)
* The [Global Timer](/play/settings/global-timer.md), when it runs out
* Progression [Triggers](/play/settings/progression/triggers.md) and [Conditionals](/play/settings/progression/conditionals.md)

A few actions are left out of some dropdowns where they would not make sense. Each action's page lists where it is available.

### Choosing an Action

The dropdown is split into four groups:

* **Do Nothing** clears the action.
* **Scene actions** control playback: Start Next Scene, Start Random Scene, Skip Time, Play Scene, Pause Scene and Restart Scene.
* **Layer and logic actions** change what is on screen and in your variables: Show Layer, Hide Layer, Update Progression, Conditional and Trigger Audio.
* **Outbound actions** leave the playable or call out of it: Launch URL, Fire Tracker and Call Number.

{% hint style="info" %}
Each action slot holds one action. To run several actions from the same gesture, add several interactions with that gesture. They run in list order.
{% endhint %}

### Action Types

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><h4><strong>Start Next Scene</strong></h4></td><td>Move the playable to a scene you choose.</td><td><a href="/play/general/actions/start-next-scene.md">Start Next Scene</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4><strong>Start Random Scene</strong></h4></td><td>Move to a scene picked at random from a list.</td><td><a href="/play/general/actions/start-random-scene.md">Start Random Scene</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4><strong>Skip Time</strong></h4></td><td>Jump the scene's playhead to a time, or forward or back.</td><td><a href="/play/general/actions/skip-time.md">Skip Time</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4><strong>Play/Pause Scene</strong></h4></td><td>Pause the current scene and resume it later.</td><td><a href="/play/general/actions/play-pause-scene.md">Play/Pause Scene</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4><strong>Restart Scene</strong></h4></td><td>Reload the current scene from the beginning.</td><td><a href="/play/general/actions/restart-scene.md">Restart Scene</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4><strong>Hide/Show Layer</strong></h4></td><td>Hide or reveal a layer.</td><td><a href="/play/general/actions/hide-show-layer.md">Hide/Show Layer</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4><strong>Update Progression</strong></h4></td><td>Change a variable's value with a math operation.</td><td><a href="/play/general/actions/update-progression.md">Update Progression</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4><strong>Conditional</strong></h4></td><td>Run different actions depending on your variables.</td><td><a href="/play/settings/progression/conditionals.md">Conditionals</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4><strong>Trigger Audio</strong></h4></td><td>Play a sound effect or audio clip.</td><td><a href="/play/general/actions/trigger-audio.md">Trigger Audio</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4><strong>Launch URL</strong></h4></td><td>Send users to a web page.</td><td><a href="/play/general/actions/launch-url.md">Launch URL</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4><strong>Fire Tracker</strong></h4></td><td>Fire a tracking URL silently in the background.</td><td><a href="/play/general/actions/fire-tracker.md">Fire Tracker</a></td></tr><tr><td><h4><strong>Call Number</strong></h4></td><td>Open the device dialer with a number pre-filled.</td><td><a href="/play/general/actions/call-number.md">Call Number</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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