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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