# Z position of nested movie clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/z-position-of-nested-movie-clip/325713>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 1, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/z-position-of-nested-movie-clip/325713 "2011-11-01T15:38:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![phastings](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9bcb4/32.png) [@phastings](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/phastings)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/z-position-of-nested-movie-clip/325713/1 "2011-11-01T15:38:21Z")

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This is driving me crazy. I have a movie clip(main) that contains a bunch of other movie clips(subs). I’m moving the clip ‘main’ along the z axis but need to figure out what the z position of the nested clips(subs) relative to the stage is. Anyone know how this is done?