x (Rectangle.x property)

public x : Number

The x coordinate of the top-left corner of the rectangle. Changing the value of the x property of a Rectangle object has no effect on the y, width, and height properties. The x coordinate of the top-left corner of the rectangle. Changing the left property of a Rectangle object has no effect on the y and height properties; however, it does affect the width property, whereas changing the x value does not affect the width property.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 8

Example

The following example creates an empty Rectangle and sets its x property to 10. Notice that rect.left is also changed.

import flash.geom.Rectangle;

var rect:Rectangle = new Rectangle();
trace(rect.x); // 0
trace(rect.left); // 0

rect.x = 10;
trace(rect.x); // 10
trace(rect.left); // 10

x (Rectangle.x property)

Example

See also