# Centering preloader on stage

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/centering-preloader-on-stage/310848>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 21, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/centering-preloader-on-stage/310848 "2010-06-21T12:25:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/5f9b8f/32.png) [@003](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/003)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/centering-preloader-on-stage/310848/1 "2010-06-21T12:25:32Z")

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Hi,

I’m heaving trouble centering the preloader on the center of the stage.  
The preloader is basically a rotating oval shape.

so, below is the code that for some reson puts the circle in the top left corner…

```auto

stop();

var circle:LoadCircle = new LoadCircle();
var circle_WIDTH:Number = circle.width;
var circle_HEIGHT:Number = circle.height;
addChild(circle);
circle.x = stage.width/2 - circle_WIDTH/2;
circle.y = stage.height/2 - circle_HEIGHT/2;

loaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, loadProgress);
this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);

function loadProgress(e:Event):void {
	var total:Number=this.stage.loaderInfo.bytesTotal;
	var loaded:Number=this.stage.loaderInfo.bytesLoaded;
	var percent:Number=loaded/total;
	var txt:int = int((Math.round(percent * 100)));
	trace(txt + "%");
	trace("Stage H: " + stage.height + ",Stage W: " + stage.width);
	circle.rotation += 10;
}

function onComplete(e:Event):void
{
	nextFrame();
}

```

as you can see i’ve outputed the stage.height and width variables and here’s what i’ve got…

28%  
Stage H: 63.4,Stage W: 124.5  
28%  
Stage H: 70.5,Stage W: 123.5  
29%  
Stage H: 79.75,Stage W: 118.8  
29%  
Stage H: 86.5,Stage W: 110.4  
29%  
Stage H: 90.6,Stage W: 98.7

meaning… the stage is not static, but it dynamically shrinks and expands to the size of the oval preloader…

how to make the stage “static” so that when I set the size in the document properties, centering an object in AS3 will stick to it?

thanks in advance for the anwsers…