# Can't access alpha

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-access-alpha/139297>\
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**Created:** [March 2, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-access-alpha/139297 "2005-03-02T00:33:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nocturn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90ced4/32.png) [@Nocturn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Nocturn)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-access-alpha/139297/1 "2005-03-02T00:33:18Z")

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I can’t seem to access the alpha property of a movie clip. I can change it’s y x position but not the alpha…

This works great:  
loader2.lettercontainer.letter\_mc1.\_y=50;

But this doesn’t do anything:  
loader2.lettercontainer.letter\_mc1.\_alpha=50;

The movieclip “letter\_mc1” contains a createTextField with one letter in it.  
I’m completely lost why this isn’t working…