# Assign position mouse

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assign-position-mouse/175183>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 12, 2006, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assign-position-mouse/175183 "2006-01-12T10:56:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![LippuZz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LippuZz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LippuZz)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assign-position-mouse/175183/1 "2006-01-12T10:56:21Z")

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i need to assign the possition of the mouse at the start of the level:

```auto

_root._xmouse = 424
_root._ymouse = 296.1

```

this doesn’t work, but i have no idea how i suppose to do it anotherway