Name

MovieClip._currentframe Property — the frame number of the playhead of a clip or movie

Availability

Flash 4 and later

Synopsis

mc._currentframe

Access

Read-only

Description

The integer _currentframe property represents the frame number at which the playhead of mc currently resides. Note that the first frame is 1, not 0; therefore, _currentframe ranges from 1 to mc ._totalframes.

Example

// Send a playhead back two frames from its current location
gotoAndStop(_currentframe - 2);

See Also

MovieClip.gotoAndPlay( ), MovieClip.gotoAndStop( )

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