# Movieclip.startDrag...can someone please explain something to me?

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**Created:** [April 19, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-startdrag-can-someone-please-explain-something-to-me/186188 "2006-04-19T16:50:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![leahgrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@leahgrace](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/leahgrace)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-startdrag-can-someone-please-explain-something-to-me/186188/1 "2006-04-19T16:50:58Z")

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The parameters for startDrag in clude a boolean value to lock the mouse to the center of the movieClip…I don’t understand what this means since I set the value to true, but I’m still able to move the cursor off of the movieclip while I am dragging it…does the lockCenter parameter mean something else? cuz I’d imagine that lockCenter means that the cursor is locked to the center of the mc…any clarification would be awesome! Thanks :hugegrin: