# This. question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-question/38003>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 17, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-question/38003 "2003-12-17T03:36:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@Cody](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Cody)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this-question/38003/1 "2003-12-17T03:36:50Z")

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[AS]  
on (press) {  
\_root.ynew = this.\_y+(this.\_height/2);  
}  
[/AS]

when i use that with ‘this’ it doesnt work like i expect but when i give the object an instance name and replace ‘this’ with that name it does work like i think it should. Am i totally missing what ‘this’ does?

Thanks

Cody