# startDrag()

#### Availability

Flash Player 4.

#### Usage

    startDrag(target,[lock ,left , top , right, bottom])

#### Parameters

`target` The target path of the movie clip to drag.

`lock` A Boolean value specifying whether the draggable movie clip is locked to the center of the mouse position (`true`), or locked to the point where the user first clicked on the movie clip (`false`). This parameter is optional.

`left`, `top`, `right`, `bottom` Values relative to the coordinates of the movie clip's parent that specify a constraint rectangle for the movie clip. These parameters are optional.

#### Returns

Nothing.

#### Description

Action; makes the `target` movie clip draggable while the movie is playing. Only one movie clip can be dragged at a time. Once a `startDrag` operation is executed, the movie clip remains draggable until explicitly stopped by `stopDrag()`, or until a `startDrag()` action for another movie clip is called.

#### Example

To create a movie clip that users can position in any location, attach the `startDrag` and `stopDrag` actions to a button inside the movie clip.

    on(press) {
    	startDrag(this,true);
    }
    on(release) {
    	stopDrag();
    }

#### See also

`MovieClip._droptarget`, MovieClip.startDrag(), `stopDrag()`