# startDrag question (why all the movie is dragged and not only the button?)

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/startdrag-question-why-all-the-movie-is-dragged-and-not-only-the-button/270991
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 17, 2008, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/startdrag-question-why-all-the-movie-is-dragged-and-not-only-the-button/270991 "2008-09-17T06:07:12Z")
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### Author: ![multimediamkt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@multimediamkt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/multimediamkt)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2008, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/startdrag-question-why-all-the-movie-is-dragged-and-not-only-the-button/270991/1 "2008-09-17T06:07:12Z")

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I have inside a mc (intromc ) a button that I want to be dragged.  
It has been tried this :

> on (press) {  
> startDrag (this, true);  
> }  
> on (release) {  
> stopDrag ();  
> }  
> It happens that all the movie clip is dragged and not only the button.  
> so please How to drag only the button?  
> thanks