How do I make my character move during an attack

I'm using a varible canMove to set when character attack animation is playing, movement commands will not be played so the character wont do nothing while the attack animation is playing however I wan't the character to move a bit because the he is taking a step while attacking... I could remove the step and make him attack while standing still but I really want to make him move accordingly to his step.

I've tried setting a function to make him move simulating platform movement, and also tried setting X vector, both resulted on him only moving for a tick and then stopping even when I don't set the vector back to 0.

If it helps, the condition to make him attack is one trigger "if Keyboard A is pressed".

If this is impossible to do this with one trigger conditions can I have info on how to make attack animations without them?

You could simply use the sprite set position or move at angle actions, using the suitable animation frame to trigger the action (seperate from the button press).

yes but doing this kinda teleports the object and I want it to move smoothly during the animation

Edit: but I am gonna try those things again but instead of doing on button press, on animation playing, thanks

Edit2: Yes, it worked perfectly setting X vector, however I had to stop the walking animation from playing when the attacking animation is playing. Thanks again for the help