# startDrag help!

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/startdrag-help/170029
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 22, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/startdrag-help/170029 "2005-11-22T04:01:38Z")
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### Author: ![tgil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@tgil](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tgil)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/startdrag-help/170029/1 "2005-11-22T04:01:38Z")

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I’m building a prototype that has a draggable portlet (movieClip). When you start to drag this movieClip, I want a highlight to appear that shows where this movieClip is going to land. I guess this highlight would be the hitTarget that would be triggered when I start to drag this movieClip.

to better explain see this:  
[http://www.giltstudios.com/startDrag/](http://www.giltstudios.com/startDrag/)