how to center a movieclip on a dynamic stage..?

Question

I got a video background where I have a button (which is a movie clip) inside the button I need to have a movieclip to be centered on the stage. My stage is dynamic and therefore changes according to the browser of the user.

I tried the following:

notice.x=stage.stageWidth/2

notice.y=stage.stageHeight/2

but it places it almost out of the stage...

anyone who has a quick tip?

Fehute · Answer

If the movieclip you're trying to position is inside the button, its coordinates would be relative to the button, or whatever the clip's parent is. The clip's (0,0) would be the position of its parent. So, if the parent is at (50,50), and you tell the clip to go to (0,0), on the actual stage it would still be (50,50). You'd have to compensate for that.

So your code would be more like:

notice.x=stage.stageWidth/2 - parent.x

notice.y=stage.stageHeight/2 - parent.y

However, if the parent's parent isn't at (0,0) either...

Use this method carefully, there's probably a way to set the absolute coordinates too, so setting it's world or stage coords to (0,0), you could try looking into that. But, the possible root of your current problem is that the clip's parent coordinates are influencing it.

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