# Absolute position of nested MC

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/absolute-position-of-nested-mc/314372>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 26, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/absolute-position-of-nested-mc/314372 "2010-09-26T17:33:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![ms\_buggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@ms\_buggy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ms_buggy)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/absolute-position-of-nested-mc/314372/1 "2010-09-26T17:33:36Z")

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I need (convert) absolute position of nested mc (\_root.mc.mc.\_x) on the stage. I noticed that the function localToGlobal could do this, but I could not figure out how. Maybe I could do workaround with counting positions of parent clips, but that sounds lame. Can someone give me a example how to trace this on the Stage? (trace(\_root.mc.mc.\_x);  
-thanks.