M > MovieClip.startDrag

 

MovieClip.startDrag

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

myMovieClip.startDrag([lock, [left, top, right, bottom]])

Parameters

lock A Boolean value specifying whether the draggable movie clip is locked to the center of the mouse position (true), or locked to the point where the user first clicked on the movie clip (false). This parameter is optional.

left, top, right, bottom Values relative to the coordinates of the movie clip's parent that specify a constraint rectangle for the movie clip. These parameters are optional.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Method; lets the user drag the specified movie clip. The movie remains draggable until explicitly stopped by calling the stopDrag method, or until another movie clip is made draggable. Only one movie clip is draggable at a time.

See also

MovieClip._droptarget, MovieClip.startDrag, MovieClip.stopDrag