# Mouse x position to control movie position?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-x-position-to-control-movie-position/177377>\
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**Created:** [February 1, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-x-position-to-control-movie-position/177377 "2006-02-01T13:46:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-x-position-to-control-movie-position/177377/1 "2006-02-01T13:46:20Z")

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Hi, my understanding of actionscript is very basic and I’d like some help with writing a very simple script. Basically the x position of the mouse should control the play position of a movie. Do I need something like an event handler (I’m not sure exactly what these do, but I’ve seen similar scripts that seem to use them).