# Name property

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-property/276615>\
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**Created:** [December 1, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-property/276615 "2008-12-01T19:08:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![ParanoidAndroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@ParanoidAndroid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ParanoidAndroid)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-property/276615/1 "2008-12-01T19:08:07Z")

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i have a movieclip on the stage, i named it myclip on the proprty inspector.  
i made a listener and a function so this clip will trace its name when clicked:  
addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,traceName);  
function traceName(evt:MouseEvent)  
{ trace(evt.target.name)}  
however it returns “instance1” in the output panel  
why doesn’t it trace “myClip”, if that’s its name??  
please help, i’m very confused