# Browser scaling - how to get original dimensions

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/browser-scaling-how-to-get-original-dimensions/275201
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 11, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/browser-scaling-how-to-get-original-dimensions/275201 "2008-11-11T05:13:30Z")
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#### Post date: [November 11, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/browser-scaling-how-to-get-original-dimensions/275201/1 "2008-11-11T05:13:30Z")

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How does one simply create a Textfield in Actionscript that has the dimensions of stage as seen in the html embed statement?

tf.width = stage.width or tf.width = stage.stageWidth

is no good as browser zooming has already scaled stage.width and stage.stageWidth, and then will scale the textfield - so a double scale.

This is ok if browser zooming occurs after creation, just not before.