# Rotation based on mouse location

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotation-based-on-mouse-location/194314>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 22, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotation-based-on-mouse-location/194314 "2006-07-22T03:23:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chibineas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Chibineas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Chibineas)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rotation-based-on-mouse-location/194314/1 "2006-07-22T03:23:02Z")

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Can anyone tell me how to use trig to rotate a movie clip based on (my\_mc.\_x, my\_mc.\_y) and (\_root.\_xmouse, \_root.\_ymouse)?