# Dragging movies
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movies/25350
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 11, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movies/25350 "2003-07-11T19:08:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@saint\_cleve](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/saint_cleve)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movies/25350/1 "2003-07-11T19:08:16Z")
on my site…
i made this mac window type thing…
and i want it so that the viewers can drag the window around the site while it is open or closed…
check out my site if you dont know what i am talking about…
if you can help…
that would be rad…
[SIZE=1]my site link:[/SIZE]
[http://www.geocities.com/turnerjumpweb/tje.html](http://www.geocities.com/turnerjumpweb/tje.html)
[SIZE=1]the actual site is a popup window[/SIZE]
on the site…
the thing that i want to be draggable is the art work window…
the minus sign on it works…
but i want the whole window to be draggable by pressing on the top tool bar thingy…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movies/25350/2 "2003-07-11T19:09:22Z")
look up “startDrag()” …
where’s the pb?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movies/25350/3 "2003-07-11T19:11:42Z")
whats the “pb”???
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movies/25350/4 "2003-07-11T21:52:34Z")
i need help…i cant figure this stoopid thig out
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movies/25350/5 "2003-07-11T21:57:50Z")
Put a button inside the movie clip you want to be draggable. The button will be the draggalble part of the movie clip (in this case i think you want the title bar).
On the button you assign the startDrag and stop Drag actions.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movies/25350/6 "2003-07-11T21:58:41Z")
rad…i will try that
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movies/25350/7 "2003-07-11T22:03:05Z")
thanks claudio…that worked just how i wanted it to
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movies/25350/8 "2003-07-11T22:10:20Z")
No problem.
You can also “fence” the drag area
[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27860&highlight=fence+the+drag+area](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27860&highlight=fence+the+drag+area)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movies/25350/9 "2003-07-11T22:12:34Z")
maybe…how do i do that??? also…if people are dumb enough to drag it off of the site…then thats thier problem…but a fence would be rad…???input plaese
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movies/25350/10 "2003-07-11T22:15:38Z")
^^
i provided a link with an example…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movies/25350/11 "2003-07-11T22:22:21Z")
where is this link???
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movies/25350/12 "2003-07-11T22:32:48Z")
^ look to my other posts
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movies/25350/13 "2003-07-11T23:27:56Z")
how do i look at the other posts
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movies/25350/14 "2003-07-12T01:47:55Z")
[SIZE=4][http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/s...e+the+drag+area[/SIZE]](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/s...e+the+drag+area%5B/SIZE%5D)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-movies/25350/15 "2003-07-12T14:02:29Z")
saint, you need a preloader on your site really bad.