# CONFUSING! scaled components can't dispatch events

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**Created:** [February 12, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/confusing-scaled-components-cant-dispatch-events/215962 "2007-02-12T15:31:35Z")\
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Okay, the Flash 8 Actionscript Bible states that you can resize components through pixels or percentages, but if “an instance is scaled, it does not dispatch any events” (pg 588).

What if I were to put a component inside a movie clip that was scaled?