# How do I alert Flash to determine which movie clip on the stage is clicked?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-alert-flash-to-determine-which-movie-clip-on-the-stage-is-clicked/321229
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 13, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-alert-flash-to-determine-which-movie-clip-on-the-stage-is-clicked/321229 "2011-04-13T18:29:36Z")
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### Author: ![chilldog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@chilldog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chilldog)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-alert-flash-to-determine-which-movie-clip-on-the-stage-is-clicked/321229/1 "2011-04-13T18:29:36Z")

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I have a group of movie clips, each placed randomly on the stage. I want to be able to click one of the movie clips and move them around. They are stored in an array.