# Why do movieclips inside movieclips have different \_x and \_y than the timeline?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-do-movieclips-inside-movieclips-have-different--x-and--y-than-the-timeline/242796
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [October 30, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-do-movieclips-inside-movieclips-have-different--x-and--y-than-the-timeline/242796 "2007-10-30T14:31:50Z")
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### Author: ![ninjateacup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ninjateacup](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ninjateacup)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-do-movieclips-inside-movieclips-have-different--x-and--y-than-the-timeline/242796/1 "2007-10-30T14:31:50Z")

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I’m confused, why does a MC inside another MC have different \_x and \_y values than the main timeline?

What I am trying to do right now is animate a MC inside another MC then get the main MC holding everything to move where that new MC ended animating at (it’s part of a game I’m making.)

I know it’s confusing but Flash shows the cursors current X and Y in the info panel, which is the same as the main timeline. Yet inside the movieclip, an x of 76 and a y of 277 on the timeline is -195 and -30.9 (respectively) inside the MC.

How do I fix it so I can get the \_x and \_y values to match up so I can tell the main MC to reposition itself to the new X and Y (of the inside MC)