# Original stage dimensions

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/original-stage-dimensions/287027>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 24, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/original-stage-dimensions/287027 "2009-04-24T18:44:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/original-stage-dimensions/287027/1 "2009-04-24T18:44:36Z")

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I have a strange feeling that I’m missing something really simple and obvious here…

I’m trying to place a displayobject at the bottom of the stage with scale mode set to exact fit. stageHeight returns the actual height in pixels, but the stage scaleY still returns 1.

Isn’t there a simple way to determine the original height for object placement?