# Alternate Drag functions
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alternate-drag-functions/113379
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [June 17, 2004, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alternate-drag-functions/113379 "2004-06-17T11:22:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@gabydog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gabydog)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alternate-drag-functions/113379/1 "2004-06-17T11:22:00Z")
I have made a small game with actionscript and want to attach a graphic or MC to the mouse but the actionscript for the game seems to conflict with the start drag function, does anyone know of other methods that I could use?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alternate-drag-functions/113379/2 "2004-06-17T11:26:27Z")
I’ve used this quite often:
```auto
yourMc.onMouseMove = function() {
yourMc._x = _root._xmouse;
yourMc._y = _root._ymouse;
updateAfterEvent();
};
```
🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alternate-drag-functions/113379/3 "2004-06-17T11:29:22Z")
do I attach this to the MC or graphic?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alternate-drag-functions/113379/4 "2004-06-17T11:35:30Z")
Oh… that code would have gone to a frame, and “yourMC” was the instance name of your movie clip.
```
But you can do it like this too:
```
```auto
//attach this onto your MC (that's going to replace the cursor!)
onClipEvent (load) {
Mouse.hide();
}
onClipEvent (mouseMove) {
_x = _root._xmouse;
_y = _root._ymouse;
updateAfterEvent();
}
```
```
:thumb:
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alternate-drag-functions/113379/5 "2004-06-17T11:38:40Z")
im afraid that didnt work (it does by itself!) Thanks anyway
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alternate-drag-functions/113379/6 "2004-06-17T11:41:43Z")
Huh :huh: ?
What does what by itself?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alternate-drag-functions/113379/7 "2004-06-17T11:43:26Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alternate-drag-functions/113379/8 "2004-06-17T11:49:40Z")
You know, your post was quite empty…so I have no idea what you wanted to say 😃
But here’s a .fla of the code I posted above. Maybe it clears things up.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alternate-drag-functions/113379/9 "2004-06-17T13:28:05Z")
Zakalwe’s code is allright and it has to work, no doubt. 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alternate-drag-functions/113379/10 "2004-06-17T13:33:33Z")
theres also this:
[http://proto.layer51.com/d.aspx?f=845](http://proto.layer51.com/d.aspx?f=845)
It may make it easier with the transition from using startDrag
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/alternate-drag-functions/113379/11 "2004-06-17T16:38:12Z")
try to throw away the updateafterevent() maybe 🙂