# Dragging within the boundary of a smaller clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-within-the-boundary-of-a-smaller-clip/285416>\
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**Created:** [March 31, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-within-the-boundary-of-a-smaller-clip/285416 "2009-03-31T15:38:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dragging-within-the-boundary-of-a-smaller-clip/285416/1 "2009-03-31T15:38:53Z")

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Good evening everyone,  
I have a simple yet mind boggling problem on my hands,  
simply put I have a large MC (with its registration point in the center, i need it there), and it sits in a smaller stage (think of it like as if you were panning a map thru a viewer, like google maps) but i need a set of boundaries to prevent it from going haywire. Now i have tried a couple of methods ie

```auto

if ((boxer.x-boxer.width/2)<0) {
        boxer.x=mouseX-offX;
    }
    if ((boxer.y-boxer.height/2)<0) {
       boxer.y=mouseY-offY;
   }

```

The above just manages to stop it but once it reaches that point the drag stops totally.  
They are included in the file i have attached.  
I would really appreciate it if someone could guide me on this.

Thanks so much in advance