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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript classes > Button > _xscale (Button._xscale property)

_xscale (Button._xscale property)

The horizontal scale of the button as applied from the registration point of the button, expressed as a percentage. The default registration point is (0,0).

Scaling the local coordinate system affects the _x and _y property settings, which are defined in pixels. For example, if the parent movie clip is scaled to 50%, setting the _x property moves an object in the button by half the number of pixels that it would if the SWF file were at 100%.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6

Example

The following example scales a button called my_btn. When you click and release the button, it grows 10% on the x and y axis. Enter the following ActionScript in Frame 1 of the Timeline:

my_btn.onRelease = function(){
    this._xscale *= 1.1;
    this._yscale *= 1.1;
};

See also

_x (Button._x property), _y (Button._y property), _yscale (Button._yscale property)

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