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stageLeft

Syntax

    the stageLeft

Description

Function; along with `stageRight`, `stageTop`, and `stageBottom`, indicates where the Stage is positioned on the desktop. It returns the left horizontal coordinate of the Stage relative to the upper left corner of the main screen. When the Stage is flush with the left side of the main screen, this coordinate is 0.

When the movie plays back as an applet, the `stageLeft` property is 0, which is the location of the left side of the applet.

This property can be tested but not set.

Sprite coordinates are expressed relative to the upper left corner of the Stage.

Example

This statement checks whether the left edge of the Stage is beyond the left edge of the screen and calls the handler `leftMonitorProcedure` if it is:

    if the stageLeft < 0 then leftMonitorProcedure

See also

`stageBottom`, `stageRight`, `stageTop`, `locH`, `locV`