# Stop sprite from drifting after dropped

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/stop-sprite-from-drifting-after-dropped/1554584>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** canvas\
**Created:** [October 10, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/stop-sprite-from-drifting-after-dropped/1554584 "2021-10-10T16:05:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![overshield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19b73/32.png) [@overshield](https://community.thunkable.com/u/overshield)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/stop-sprite-from-drifting-after-dropped/1554584/5 "2023-02-11T03:28:29Z")

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Solved it here.

> [@Sprite "Drifts" After Dropping](https://community.thunkable.com/t/sprite-drifts-after-dropping/1915165/2):
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> I was able to prevent this when I set the sprite type Is Static to true. I tried the block below but it did not work in case anyone may wonder. But with the Is Static to true I’m unable to get it to drift at all anymore. Hopefully this solves the problem, can others comment on this? There’s 3 posts about this but this one below was locked for inactivity.

There’s 3 posts about this but this one below was locked for inactivity.

> [@Sprite Drifting on it's own](https://community.thunkable.com/t/sprite-drifting-on-its-own/1728961):
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> Good morning everybody. I’ve searched extensively about this question and have even had a discussion or two with a couple of the amazing members of this community but still haven’t come to any definitive answers, even though it’s happening to more than just me. I’ve noticed when using the canvas and sprites that on occasion sprites will move on their own when dropped. I’ve set speeds to 0, set to ignore gravity, changed bounce and speed to 0, and set draggability to false and yet nothing works.…

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