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

_droptarget (MovieClip._droptarget property)

public _droptarget : String [read-only]

Returns the absolute path in slash-syntax notation of the movie clip instance on which this movie clip was dropped. The _droptarget property always returns a path that starts with a slash (/). To compare the _droptarget property of an instance to a reference, use the eval() function to convert the returned value from slash syntax to a dot-syntax reference.

Note: You must perform this conversion if you are using ActionScript 2.0, which does not support slash syntax.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4

Example

The following example evaluates the _droptarget property of the garbage_mc movie clip instance and uses eval() to convert it from slash syntax to a dot syntax reference. The garbage_mc reference is then compared to the reference to the trashcan_mc movie clip instance. If the two references are equivalent, the visibility of garbage_mc is set to false. If they are not equivalent, the garbage instance resets to its original position.

origX = garbage_mc._x;
origY = garbage_mc._y;
garbage_mc.onPress = function() {
    this.startDrag();
};
garbage_mc.onRelease = function() {
    this.stopDrag();
    if (eval(this._droptarget) == trashcan_mc) {
    this._visible = false;
    } else {
    this._x = origX;
    this._y = origY;
    }
};

_droptarget (MovieClip._droptarget property)

Example

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