# Mouse follow **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [February 25, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-follow/14319 "2003-02-25T01:14:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@nobody](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-follow/14319/1 "2003-02-25T01:14:44Z")
in my never ending quest to completel every tutorial here at kirupa i stumbled upon probably a really easy to solve problem… but heres what it is i have one frame… and the code below is whats on the frame… the action isnt on any particular thing… i dont know if it should be… i just applied to to the frame also i have an x box and a y box… both dynamic text boxes labeled with the appropriate variables… i think… hmm any ideas as to why the values just stay at 0 the whole time? thanks in advance ```php xval = _root._xmouse; ycal = _root._ymouse; ``` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-follow/14319/2 "2003-02-25T01:16:05Z")
> ycal = \_root.\_ymouse; its actually yval in the animation… sorry ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-follow/14319/3 "2003-02-25T01:49:02Z")
i really need help… pleaaaaaase i dont get what to apply the actionscript to… and does it need more than what i just posted and im lost… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-follow/14319/4 "2003-02-25T01:59:41Z")
could u attach the zip? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-follow/14319/5 "2003-02-25T02:02:47Z")
instead of applying it in frame1, put the script in a: onClipEvent (mouseMove) handler ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-follow/14319/6 "2003-02-25T02:15:51Z")
see if the attached fla is wat ur looking for, the script in the little white dot ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-follow/14319/7 "2003-02-25T02:35:38Z")
i think thats what im looking for but i cant find anything in that file… ill attatch mine… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-follow/14319/8 "2003-02-25T03:11:07Z")
hey i “fixed” it, but u shouldnt follow it, cuz this is how things were done in flash 4 what was wrong with the original 1 i did, i’ll explain anything u cant follow ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-follow/14319/9 "2003-02-25T15:26:12Z")
cool, thanks… now i have questions… first of all… where did u put the code to make it work? i cant find it secondly… what did u mean by the //this is useless stuff… did u mean my code was useless or your note was useless and also… when the x coordinate always has .95 on the end of the number… hmmmm… im slightly less confused now tho, thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-follow/14319/10 "2003-02-25T15:32:46Z")
oops… the .95 thing only happens when i view it in flash… but once i publish it its fine… but i still need to know where the code is… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-follow/14319/11 "2003-02-25T16:19:27Z")
hey… i went through yours and then tried to make my own without looking at yours… and i figured everything out… so u did a great job helping thanks so much for the help