# Boxes and elasticity

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/boxes-and-elasticity/110628>\
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**Created:** [May 18, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/boxes-and-elasticity/110628 "2004-05-18T12:50:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![ajmoore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d78d45/32.png) [@ajmoore](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ajmoore)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/boxes-and-elasticity/110628/1 "2004-05-18T12:50:10Z")

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I’m working on a new design for my portfolio site. I haven’t decided if I like it yet or not. (the layout is at [http://ajmoore.f2o.org](http://ajmoore.f2o.org) if you wanna take a look and add any comments). But my question is about elasticity and boxes. What I want to do is start with a small square and have it expand to its planned size. Thats no problem, I can do that. But I’ve seen an effect on some sites out there (of course I can’t find an example right now) where when the box expands, it kind of blows up beyond its new size and retracts back. Its not just a simple dimension change though, because the boxes sides actually expand, kind of like its about to morph into a circle but bounces back. I’m not sure how I would do that…Is there a property I can change to control the arc of the sides in action script? I’m still very new to flash so I’m sorry if this is a stupid question, but any help would certainly be appreciated.

Thanks,  
AJMoore