# Stage.displayState

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stage-displaystate/304424>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 7, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stage-displaystate/304424 "2010-02-07T20:17:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![lope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@lope](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lope)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/stage-displaystate/304424/1 "2010-02-07T20:17:36Z")

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```auto
if(stage.displayState == StageDisplayState.NORMAL){
    trace(1);
}else{
    trace(2);
}

```

put this code on the timeline and compile, it traces 2.  
why?