# Costum scroller without using MC/Mask

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/costum-scroller-without-using-mc-mask/232149>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 11, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/costum-scroller-without-using-mc-mask/232149 "2007-07-11T15:43:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![bardic](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/bardic/32/3708_2.png) [@bardic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bardic)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/costum-scroller-without-using-mc-mask/232149/1 "2007-07-11T15:43:13Z")

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So I need to create a custom scroller that functions pretty much exactly the same way as the built-in uiscrollbar does.

Now, I can’t do it the way I normally do with my text field in a mc with a mask over it because the text has a \<a href\> on it and it won’t fire from with a movie clip. So I need to do it the way the uiscrollbar does by somehow just moving the text within the textfield…

anyone have any guides/articles on how the uiscrollbar works/ how to imitate it?