# Can't change text alignment in nested Movieclip

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-change-text-alignment-in-nested-movieclip/634933
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 15, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-change-text-alignment-in-nested-movieclip/634933 "2016-07-15T14:00:29Z")
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### Author: ![DankMemes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@DankMemes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DankMemes)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-change-text-alignment-in-nested-movieclip/634933/1 "2016-07-15T14:00:29Z")

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Hello everyone,

I’m using ActionScript 2 and I’d like to change the alignment of the textfield. This is possible. But not when I put it inside another movieclip.

If I change the alignment of “this.textfield” it works.  
But If I put “textfield” in a movieclip called “movieclip” I can’t change it using: “this.movieclip.textfield”

This should work, but it doesn’t

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### Author: ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-change-text-alignment-in-nested-movieclip/634933/2 "2016-07-15T22:59:06Z")

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Need more information.