Comments on: I want actual sizes!

By: Arno van Oordt

Arno van Oordt — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:09:26 +0000

Thanks Dave.
Unfortunately when using a shape which is not a perfect circle (like an oval) this code doesn’t work and you would have to calculate the width and height manually

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:03:19 +0000

I know this is quite old, however the simplest way I solve this is simply:

function getFlatSize(clip:MovieClip):Object
{
var r = clip._rotation;
clip._rotation = 0;
var size = {w: clip._width, h: clip._height};
clip._rotation = r;
return size;
}

By: jj2

jj2 — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:31:22 +0000

The only problem with this is if you change the width of the object you are getting bounds on, the bounds don’t update unless you pass ‘this’ as a parameter, such as getBounds(this). However, this updates the bounds based on the rotation, and we’re back to not getting actual values.

Can anybody figure out how to change both the _rotation and the _width of a movieclip and have getBounds report back an accurate width that doesn’t include the rotation?

I can’t for the life of me figure it out…much help would be appreciated.

Thanks!