# Position x and y of a character in a Textfield?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-x-and-y-of-a-character-in-a-textfield/224603>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 3, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-x-and-y-of-a-character-in-a-textfield/224603 "2007-05-03T17:07:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![ven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ven](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ven)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-x-and-y-of-a-character-in-a-textfield/224603/1 "2007-05-03T17:07:26Z")

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Is it possible to find where a letter is positioned in a TextField? Or else maybe which character the mouse is hovering over?

I have a faint memory of someone saying it was possible when AS 3.0 arrrived :hat: