# Scroll Bar Confusion

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-bar-confusion/246117>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 7, 2007, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-bar-confusion/246117 "2007-12-07T07:21:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![squiddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@squiddie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/squiddie)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroll-bar-confusion/246117/1 "2007-12-07T07:21:54Z")

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Hi Guys And Girls,

I tried making a scroll bar and it just wont work! I don’t understand.  
The scroller goes up and down, but the text wont move!

The instance names are all there, I make that mistake WAY to often!

Here’s the code:

```auto
var scrollUpper:Number = 54;
var scrollLower:Number = 222;
var textLower:Number = 42;
var textUpper:Number = -177;

var scrollRange:Number = scrollLower - scrollUpper;
var textRange:Number = textLower - textUpper;

function scroll (){
    var moved:Number = scroller_mc._y - scrollUpper;
    var pctMoved:Number = moved/scrollRange;
    var textMove:Number = pctMoved*textRange;
    text_mc.y = textLower - textMove;
}
scroller_mc.onPress = function () {
    this.startDrag(false,this._x,scrollUpper,this._x,scrollLower);
    this.onMouseMove = scroll;
}

scroller_mc.onRelease = scroller_mc.onReleaseOutside = function () {
    this.stopDrag();
    this.onMouseMove = null;
}

```

Any help would be wikid, cheers.