# How to determine absolute (stage) coordinates of a movie clip

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**Created:** [April 1, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-determine-absolute-stage-coordinates-of-a-movie-clip/320783 "2011-04-01T10:21:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-determine-absolute-stage-coordinates-of-a-movie-clip/320783/1 "2011-04-01T10:21:31Z")

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Is there a method to determine the stage coordinates of a movie clip?

I don’t mean something like this:  
stageX = mc.x + mc.parent.x + mc.parent.parent.x + …

I would like to be able to determine the movie clip stage coordinates without knowing what are its parents and grandparents etc. The goal is to be able to place the movie clip on exact place on a stage, no matter what is the nesting structure.