# Targeting movieclip on stage from inside a movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-movieclip-on-stage-from-inside-a-movieclip/309550>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 18, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-movieclip-on-stage-from-inside-a-movieclip/309550 "2010-05-18T17:56:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![neys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/74df32/32.png) [@neys](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/neys)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-movieclip-on-stage-from-inside-a-movieclip/309550/1 "2010-05-18T17:56:25Z")

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Here’s my problem:

On the stage I have a movieclip called **mc\_back**. I also have a movieclip on the stage called **mc\_content**. Now, inside mc\_content I have a bunch of code and some of it adds, or should add, an EventListener to mc\_back as well as a a function that works when mc\_back is pressed.

So basically, all code is written inside mc\_content and some of it needs to interact with mc\_back.

I can’t for the life of me figure out how to target mc\_back from inside mc\_content. Using stage.mc\_back or root.mc\_back doesn’t work and Google should be my friend, but in this particular problem, it’s acting more like my enemy.

Hope you can help me out, thank you!