# Flipping in actionscript
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-in-actionscript/29286
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 25, 2003, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-in-actionscript/29286 "2003-08-25T09:29:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Gwocker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gwocker)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-in-actionscript/29286/1 "2003-08-25T09:29:22Z")
Is there a possible way to make an object flip (change directions, vertically or horizontally) using actionscript? Sorry if that was a stupid question, I wasn’t able to find the answer anywhere \>.\<
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-in-actionscript/29286/2 "2003-08-25T09:44:20Z")
do you mean like this:
```auto
mymovie._xscale *= -1
```
?🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-in-actionscript/29286/3 "2003-08-25T09:52:00Z")
Exactly. 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-in-actionscript/29286/4 "2003-08-25T09:59:28Z")
Oh wait, hold on. You see, I put that actionscript so that it’ll execute when you press the Left Arrowkey, but now after you press it, I don’t want it to flip again when you press the left arrowkey. Could you help me on that as well?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flipping-in-actionscript/29286/5 "2003-08-25T10:47:56Z")
[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25877](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25877)