# Rotate a movieClip (not animation)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotate-a-movieclip-not-animation/323557>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 6, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotate-a-movieclip-not-animation/323557 "2011-07-06T18:49:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![oluc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cc9497/32.png) [@oluc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/oluc)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotate-a-movieclip-not-animation/323557/1 "2011-07-06T18:49:05Z")

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how do i simply rotate a txtField to 270 degrees?

when i do this my text disappears:

txt.rotation = 270;