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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript classes > MovieClip > _y (MovieClip._y property)

_y (MovieClip._y property)

Sets the y coordinate of a movie clip relative to the local coordinates of the parent movie clip. If a movie clip is in the main Timeline, then its coordinate system refers to the upper-left corner of the Stage as (0,0). If the movie clip is inside another movie clip that has transformations, the movie clip is in the local coordinate system of the enclosing movie clip. Thus, for a movie clip that is rotated 90˚ counterclockwise, the movie clip's children inherit a coordinate system that is rotated 90˚ counterclockwise. The movie clip's coordinates refer to the registration point position.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 3

Example

The following example attaches a movie clip with the cursor_id linkage identifier to a SWF file. The movie clip is called cursor_mc, and it is used to replace the default mouse pointer. The following ActionScript sets the current coordinates of the movie clip instance to the position of the mouse pointer:

this.attachMovie("cursor_id", "cursor_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 
    {_x:_xmouse, _y:_ymouse});
Mouse.hide();
var mouseListener:Object = new Object();
mouseListener.onMouseMove = function() {
    cursor_mc._x = _xmouse;
    cursor_mc._y = _ymouse;
    updateAfterEvent();
};
Mouse.addListener(mouseListener);

The MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth() method used in this example requires Flash Player 7 or later. If your SWF file includes a version 2 component, use the version 2 components' DepthManager class instead of the MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth() method.

See also

_x (MovieClip._x property), _xscale (MovieClip._xscale property), _yscale (MovieClip._yscale property)

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