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MovieClip.getBounds
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
myMovieClip
.getBounds(targetCoordinateSpace
)
Parameters
targetCoordinateSpace
The target path of the Timeline whose coordinate system you want to use as a reference point.
Returns
An object with the properties xMin
, xMax
, yMin
, and yMax.
Description
Method; returns properties that are the minimum and maximum x and y coordinate values of the instance specified by MovieClip
for the targetCoordinateSpace
parameter.
Note: Use the localToGlobal
and globalToLocal
methods of the MovieClip object to convert the movie clip's local coordinates to Stage coordinates, or Stage coordinates to local coordinates respectively.
Example
In the following example, the object that the getBounds
method returns is assigned to the identifier clipBounds
. You can then access the values of each property and use them in a script. In this script, another movie clip instance, clip2
, is placed alongside clip
.
clipBounds = clip.getBounds(_root);
clip2._x = clipBounds.xMax;
See also
MovieClip.globalToLocal
, MovieClip.localToGlobal
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