# duplicateMovieClip help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-help/204040>\
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**Created:** [October 16, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-help/204040 "2006-10-16T17:25:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Navarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Navarone](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Navarone)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip-help/204040/1 "2006-10-16T17:25:41Z")

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I having trouble duplicating my movieClip onto another movieClip called “Floor”. I can duplicate the floor movieClip but not the item I am selecting in my scrollPane. I don’t know what I am doing wrong. Can someone help?

```auto

combo_list.change = function(eventObj) {
 thumbs.invalidate();
 thumbs.refreshPane();
 //
 var selItem:Object = eventObj.target.selectedItem;
 //trace("Item selected was: "+selItem.label);
 var itemXML:XMLNode = selItem.data;
 //use saved reference to iterate through childNodes
 for (var i = 0; i<itemXML.childNodes.length; i++) {
  //trace("Item includes: "+itemXML.childNodes[idx].attributes.Text);
  var t_mc:MovieClip;
  t_mc = thumbs.content.attachMovie("thumb_mc", "thumb"+i, i, this.getNextHighestDepth());
  t_mc._x = 5;
  t_mc._y = 5+(i*80);
  //this loads the swf into the thumbs scrollPane
  _root["mc"+idx] = new MovieClipLoader();
  _root["mc"+idx].addListener(mclListener);
  _root["mc"+idx].loadClip("decals/"+itemXML.childNodes*.attributes.ItemSWF+".swf", t_mc.Container_mc);  
  t_mc.i = i;
  t_mc.piece = itemXML.childNodes*.attributes.ItemSWF;
  //      
  t_mc.onRelease = function() {   
   floor.duplicateMovieClip("piece", this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:200, _y:100}); 
  };
 }
};
combo_list.addEventListener("change", combo_list);

```