# Simple show x, y

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-show-x-y/13733>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 17, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-show-x-y/13733 "2003-02-17T14:48:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![cookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@cookie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cookie)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-show-x-y/13733/1 "2003-02-17T14:48:20Z")

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I have an object that moves when the arrows are pressed but how do i display the coordinates of the object, x and y? I tried

this.x=this.x  
this.y=this.y

and then two dynamic boxes called x and y but it doesn’t work!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-show-x-y/13733/2 "2003-02-17T17:05:16Z")

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Your code doesn’t make sense, you’re just making a variable equal to itself =). And where did you put it anyway?

pom 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-show-x-y/13733/3 "2003-02-17T17:08:58Z")

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I got it from someone else on kirupa! Can you show me how to do it? I’ll alter my request!

I would like to display the height of an object from the bottom of the stage, i.e. when object is at say y=100 (I have taken y=0 to be the bottom of the stage) I want to display that in a dynamic box!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-show-x-y/13733/4 "2003-02-17T17:13:17Z")

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OK:  
clip with instance name _myClip_  
textboxes with instance names _box1_ and _box2_  
on the main timeline:

```php
myClip.startDrag(true);
this.onEnterFrame=function(){
  box1.text=myClip._x;
  box2.text=myClip._y;
}

```

pom :tie:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-show-x-y/13733/5 "2003-02-17T17:18:02Z")

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Ok but its not being dragged! Rather controlled by arrow keys! =)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-show-x-y/13733/6 "2003-02-17T17:50:02Z")

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You control it as you wish. Your question was about displaying the coordinates, no? :tie: