Question

I have a dynamically created movie clip which contains a text field.

I then rotate the move clip by 20 degrees.

I then want to center the clip on the stage. But the width and height readings, along with positioning x and y makes it position in the wrong place, which I guess is due to the registration point.

Is there a work around to this?

This is flash 8, as2

Answer 1

Center align the text field to the movie clip. If you are dynamically setting the text and the text field is auto sizing, remember to re-apply the center alignment of the text field:

//Assuming mc is your MovieClip instance and tf is the child TextField instance
var tf = mc.tf;

//Reading the width and height of the TextField will remain accurate and unchanged by it's parent's rotation as it's rotation remains zero.
tf._x = -(tf._width / 2);
tf._y = -(tf._height / 2);

If you keep the movie clip at the center of the stage, the text field will appear to stay center as well. Regardless of the rotation of the movie clip.