Can someone explain to me why this simple hitTest wont work.

[Ironclaw]

They only hit when both red mcs are placed in the root, but not when they are in another mc. Why is that?

[catbert303]

I think hitTest uses coordinates based on the global coordinate space, not the coordinates within a movie clip.

so to make the hitTest work you could use localToGlobal to find the global coordinates of the clip,

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
	this._y += 2;
	var pt = {x: this._x, y: this._y};
	_parent.localToGlobal(pt);
	if (_parent.area.hitTest(pt.x, pt.y, true)) {
		trace("hit");
	}
}

[Ironclaw]

Oh, does it have to be so complicated?