# Tracking \_x \_y coordinates of different clips

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracking--x--y-coordinates-of-different-clips/212277>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 9, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracking--x--y-coordinates-of-different-clips/212277 "2007-01-09T22:07:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tracking--x--y-coordinates-of-different-clips/212277/1 "2007-01-09T22:07:03Z")

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Here’s the deal. I’ve got a movie clip, with another clip (let’s say its a rectangle) nested inside it. Now I’ve got another movie clip on the \_root of my movie that I want to track to the \_x, \_y of the rectangle. I want it to follow the rectangle when the rectangle’s parent is dragged or scaled.

i’m having trouble targeting the \_x / \_y of the rectangle relative to the stage rather than its relative \_x / \_y relationship with its parent. is there a way to find these values?