# Resizing nested mcs

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resizing-nested-mcs/179830>\
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**Created:** [February 23, 2006, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resizing-nested-mcs/179830 "2006-02-23T08:43:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ozymandias](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ozymandias/32/1997_2.png) [@Ozymandias](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ozymandias)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resizing-nested-mcs/179830/1 "2006-02-23T08:43:40Z")

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How exactly does this work? If I set the width of a movieclip which is nested inside another movieclip, it never works how I think it will. Could someone explain to me the way this works?

I’m trying to load images into movieclips that have a border, and the only thing holding me up is that resizing the nested clip, or the clip it’s nested in, is really hit-or-miss as far as predictable results.