Availability
Macromedia Flash 5.

Usage

_root. movieClip 
 _root.  action 
_root. property 

Parameters
movieClip The instance name of a movie clip.

action An action or method.

property A property of the MovieClip object.

Description
Property; specifies or returns a reference to the root movie Timeline. If a movie has multiple levels, the root movie Timeline is on the level containing the currently executing script. For example, if a script in level 1 evaluates _root , _level1 is returned.

Specifying _root is the same as using the slash notation ( / ) to specify an absolute path within the current level.

Example
The following example stops the Timeline of the level containing the currently executing script:

 _root.stop(); 

The following example sends the Timeline in the current level to frame 3:

_root.gotoAndStop(3);

See also
_parent , targetPath