# onMouseDown return what's hit?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onmousedown-return-whats-hit/71948>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 30, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onmousedown-return-whats-hit/71948 "2004-11-30T23:47:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Uli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ccd318/32.png) [@Uli](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Uli)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onmousedown-return-whats-hit/71948/1 "2004-11-30T23:47:20Z")

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Hi,  
Is there a way to return what’s hit when the user clicks?  
Like if what’s hit is a movieClip or a button and so om…

TiA 🙂