_xscale (MovieClip._xscale property)

public _xscale : Number

Determines the horizontal scale (percentage) of the movie clip as applied from the registration point of the movie clip. The default registration point is (0,0).

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

Setting the _xscale property to a negative value scales and flips the movie clip horizontally.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4

Example

The following example creates a movie clip called box_mc at runtime. The Drawing API is used to draw a box in this instance, and when the mouse rolls over the box, horizontal and vertical scaling is applied to the movie clip. When the mouse rolls off the instance, it returns to the previous scaling.

this.createEmptyMovieClip("box_mc", 1);
box_mc._x = 100;
box_mc._y = 100;
with (box_mc) {
    lineStyle(1, 0xCCCCCC);
    beginFill(0xEEEEEE);
    moveTo(0, 0);
    lineTo(80, 0);
    lineTo(80, 60);
    lineTo(0, 60);
    lineTo(0, 0);
    endFill();
};
box_mc.onRollOver = function() {
    this._x -= this._width/2;
    this._y -= this._height/2;
    this._xscale = 200;
    this._yscale = 200;
};
box_mc.onRollOut = function() {
    this._xscale = 100;
    this._yscale = 100;
    this._x += this._width/2;
    this._y += this._height/2;
};

_xscale (MovieClip._xscale property)

Example

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