# Alpha mc

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alpha-mc/64469>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 16, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alpha-mc/64469 "2004-09-16T16:00:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![rlLife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb8c5e/32.png) [@rlLife](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rlLife)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alpha-mc/64469/1 "2004-09-16T16:00:28Z")

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i am inside a movie clip and would like to set the alpha of a mc that is inside yet a different mc

\_root.buttons1MC.setProperty(“socialText”,\_alpha,“0”);

am i close to having this right, it is not working for me

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alpha-mc/64469/2 "2004-09-16T16:16:03Z")

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if socialText is the object you want to change the alpha of, then simply do something like:

```auto
_root.buttons1MC.socialText._alpha = 0;

```

if socialText is a textbox, then this is where your main problem lies. you cannot apply a \_alpha property to a text box. you will need to put the text box into a movieclip and then change the \_alpha of the movie clip.

hope this helps 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alpha-mc/64469/3 "2004-09-16T16:35:39Z")

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yes i am trying to target the mc named “socialText”

social text is a mc inside the mc “buttons1mc”

i am trying to target “socialText” from a button inside a different mc named “buttons2mc”

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alpha-mc/64469/4 "2004-09-17T13:23:48Z")

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> [@rlLife](#):
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> yes i am trying to target the mc named “socialText”
> 
> social text is a mc inside the mc “buttons1mc”
> 
> i am trying to target “socialText” from a button inside a different mc named “buttons2mc”

maybe setting the targetpath helps , by pressing the crosshair button in your actionscript panel? that way you could vind the path the most easy way 🙂 , hope this helps a bit 🙂