# Movie clip control through xy coordinates?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-control-through-xy-coordinates/35458>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 14, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-control-through-xy-coordinates/35458 "2003-11-14T06:00:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![jtesp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jtesp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jtesp)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-control-through-xy-coordinates/35458/1 "2003-11-14T06:00:18Z")

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Is it possible to “scroll” back and forth the frames of a mc by using x and y coordinates?  
Like for example, I have a box with 3 items on it:  
Apple  
Orange  
Bananna

I want to display a picture of an Apple when hovering over the word “Apple”. Then, when slowly moving the mouse downwards, the picture of the apple would fade into a picture of an orange, and once the mouse is fully over “Orange” the 100% opaque orange picture would be there. And same for the pic of the orange fading into the pic of the bananna.

I’m assuming that if I set up a “Fruit MC” with simple tween fades on the pics, I should be able to move back and forth between the frames in that “Fruit MC” by moving the mouse back and forth over the names of the fruits.

I hope you understand what I mean and can perhaps point me to a tutorial, sample code, or better yet a sample fla.

Thanks!

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**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:** [November 14, 2003, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-control-through-xy-coordinates/35458/2 "2003-11-14T11:55:12Z")

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This should get you started: [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/alpha\_fade.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/alpha_fade.htm)

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**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:** [November 14, 2003, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-control-through-xy-coordinates/35458/3 "2003-11-14T12:20:43Z")

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Aha! You are great! Thanx a million…i must have overlooked that one 😮  
Thanks!