# Getting global position of nested clip?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-global-position-of-nested-clip/237526>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 31, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-global-position-of-nested-clip/237526 "2007-08-31T01:47:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![geoken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@geoken](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/geoken)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-global-position-of-nested-clip/237526/1 "2007-08-31T01:47:59Z")

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I have a clip nested inside another clip. Is there a better way to get it’s global coordinates than adding it’s local coordinates to the parent clips coordinates?