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Danish Ajaib
Danish Ajaib

Reputation: 83

How to position a movieclip with respect to the stage?

Let's say I have a classA that is linked to movieClip in the library:

package {

    public class ClassA extends MovieClip {



      public function constructor() {

      }
    }
}

There is another movieClip linked to another class that I want to add inside ClassA

package {

    public class ClassA extends MovieClip {

     private var obj:MovieClipFromLibrary();

      public function constructor() {

       obj = new MovieClipFromLibrary();
       obj.x = obj.y = 0;
       addChild(obj);

      }
    }
}

Now, the problem is the movieclip that is linked to ClassA is small in size and placed at the center of the stage (like a dialog box on Android). But the "obj" movieClip is a rectangle and covers the entire stage. When I place it at (0,0), it gets positioned at the (0,0) of the "ClassA" MovieClip. What I want to do is the position it at (0,0) of the "Stage". How can I accomplish this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 43

Answers (1)

Aaron Beall
Aaron Beall

Reputation: 52133

Use globalToLocal() to convert stage (global) coordinates to local coordinates:

var stageTopLeft:Point = this.globalToLocal(new Point(0, 0));
object.x = stageTopLeft.x;
object.y = stageTopLeft.y;

Upvotes: 1

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