# Root.x problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/root-x-problem/318408>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 19, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/root-x-problem/318408 "2011-01-19T11:24:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![J\_Mo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@J\_Mo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/J_Mo)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/root-x-problem/318408/1 "2011-01-19T11:24:49Z")

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Hi,

If I have an my\_mc contained in another container\_mc, how can I position my\_mc according to root 0?

So, if my container\_mc has an x position of 50, I want my\_mc to be positioned root.0…Does that make sense?

container\_mc.my\_mc.x = root 0

Thanks  
Phil