# AS2/3 display instances of movie clip in a grid pattern

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-3-display-instances-of-movie-clip-in-a-grid-pattern/281566
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [February 10, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-3-display-instances-of-movie-clip-in-a-grid-pattern/281566 "2009-02-10T20:44:46Z")
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### Author: ![JeffS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JeffS](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JeffS)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-3-display-instances-of-movie-clip-in-a-grid-pattern/281566/1 "2009-02-10T20:44:46Z")

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Hi everyone, this is probably a very simple problem to more experienced users, but I cannot find an answer in previous posts. Maybe I am using the wrong words in my search. Anyway here is my request:-

I want to load a range of images (20-30) each contained in a movie clip, and position them on the stage in a grid (table) format using actionscript. These images will be loaded from an XML file to make updating them a simple task in the future.

I have followed a tutorial to produce a “carousel” and this allowed me to have as many images as I wished loaded by the actionscript. I am sure that it is possible to have the items arranged however one would like provided you code the script correctly, and this is my problem. I cannot work out the correct code to get the movie clips into the desired arrangement.

Can anyone point me to a tutorial that will help, or offer me some advice on how to position the items in various arrangements/patterns. I do not want a scrolling thumbnails solution. I want them to be multi-row/column.  
Jeff:puzzle: