# Making a movie clip move by an exact distance

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-movie-clip-move-by-an-exact-distance/324400>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 18, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-movie-clip-move-by-an-exact-distance/324400 "2011-08-18T20:47:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michelle\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@Michelle\_E](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Michelle_E)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-movie-clip-move-by-an-exact-distance/324400/1 "2011-08-18T20:47:16Z")

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I have one simple movie clip (instance name is MC) and a button. I need to make the movie clip move by a distance of 50 (along the x-axis) every time the button is pressed. I don’t need the movie clip to move to x-position 50 but rather a distance of 50 regardless of where it currently is on the stage.