User Guide

548 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference

MovieClip._name

Availability

Flash Player 4.

Usage

my_mc

._name:String

Description

Property; the instance name of the movie clip specified by my_mc.

Example

The following example lets you right-click or Control-click a movie clip on the Stage and select

“Info...” from the context menu to view information about that instance. Add several movie clips

with instance names, and then add the following ActionScript to your AS or FLA file:

var menu_cm:ContextMenu = new ContextMenu();

menu_cm.customItems.push(new ContextMenuItem("Info...", getMCInfo));

function getMCInfo(target_mc:MovieClip, obj:Object) {

trace("You clicked on the movie clip '"+target_mc._name+"'.");

trace("\t width:"+target_mc._width+", height:"+target_mc._height);

trace("");

}

for (var i in this) {

if (typeof (this[i]) == 'movieclip') {

this[i].menu = menu_cm;

}