dynamicProps - not x & y but name

[Benjamin Waller]

Hello,

I have set up an example of a nice tween, thanks Greensock, that uses the x and y values like in the dynamicProps example on your site and it works fine. See my code below.

But I want to be able to reference my MC's position using its name instead so that I could change it's position on the stage but it will still tween to the correct spot wherever it is without having to change the x & y properties.

Could anyone help me to do this?

Ben.

em_Mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
em_Mc.buttonMode = true; 
function clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void 
{
TweenLite.to(em_Word, 1, {x:441.00, y:355.00, ease:Quad.easeInOut});
}

[GreenSock]

I read your post a few times and I'm still fuzzy on what you're trying to do. Are you wanting to use another mc's position to define the destination x/y values or something?

[Benjamin Waller]

Yeah,

I've got at nested moiveclip. I mean, one within another so I want to refer to the destination position of the inner mc but target the mc. For example: mc_Container.mc_Inner

So the target values here( x:441.00, y:355.0) is just the exact position on stage where that mc is but I want the tween to target the mc_inner MoiveClip itself on the stage.

TweenLite.to(em_Word, 1, {x:441.00, y:355.00, ease:Quad.easeInOut});

 

So for example:Can I do this?

TweenLite.to(em_Word, 1, {mc_container.mc_Inner, ease:Quad.easeInOut});

[GreenSock]

A MovieClip's position is always described according to the local coordinates. But if you want to calculate what they'd be in an ancestor's coordinate system, you can use Flash's localToGlobal() and globalToLocal() methods.

 

var childPosition:Point = new Point(mc_Container.mc_Child.x, mc_Container.mc_Child.y);
var translatedPosition:Point = this.globalToLocal( mc_Container.mc_Child.localToGlobal( childPosition ) );

TweenLite.to(em_Word, 1, {x:translatedPosition.x, y:translatedPosition.y, ease:Quad.easeInOut});

[Benjamin Waller]

Thanks for your replies.

Actually, I took the target placeholder mc out of the other container mc and put it on top and the following code worked.

Sorry to confuse you! I was complicating things when it didn't need to be.

Thanks again.

TweenLite.to(em_Word, 1, {x:mc_Target, y:mc_Target, ease:Quad.easeInOut});