# EXACT hitest

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exact-hitest/173666>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [December 28, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exact-hitest/173666 "2005-12-28T14:14:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ravmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@Ravmaster](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ravmaster)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exact-hitest/173666/1 "2005-12-28T14:14:03Z")

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my hitests always wind up touching when they are like 3 inches away… how come?

the code i mostly always use is this…

```php
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
    if (this.hitTest(_root.PERSON)){
        _root.gotoAndStop("FRAMENAME");
    }
}

```