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MovieClip.startDrag

movieclip, movieclip.startdrag, startdrag

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

    myMovieClip.startDrag([lock, [left, top, right, bottom]])

Parameters

`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

Method; lets the user drag the specified movie clip. The movie remains draggable until explicitly stopped by calling the `stopDrag` method, or until another movie clip is made draggable. Only one movie clip is draggable at a time.

See also

`MovieClip._droptarget`, `MovieClip.startDrag`, `MovieClip.stopDrag`