---
title: "Group setXY Configuration"
description: "Demonstrates how to use the setXY property in a Group configuration to position multiple sprites with incremental horizontal spacing."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/group/view/set-x
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Group setXY Configuration

Demonstrates how to use the setXY property in a Group configuration to position multiple sprites with incremental horizontal spacing.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Game Objects / Group](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/group.md). It runs at 800 × 600, and loads its assets from https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410. See it running, with its code, at https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/group/view/set-x.

To run it, load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`), then the file, on a page with a `<div id="game-container">`.

## Code

### set x.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.spritesheet('diamonds', 'assets/sprites/diamonds32x24x5.png', { frameWidth: 32, frameHeight: 24 });
    }

    create ()
    {
        //  Create 5 sprites in our group  (one per frame)

        //  Use the setXY object to set the positions on them all to be x: 100 + 64px spacing (the stepX value) by 100.

        const group = this.add.group({
            key: 'diamonds',
            frame: [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ],
            setXY:
            {
                x: 100,
                y: 100,
                stepX: 64
            }
        });
    }
}

const config = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    type: Phaser.AUTO,
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    backgroundColor: '#2d2d2d',
    parent: 'game-container',
    scene: Example
};

const game = new Phaser.Game(config);
```

## More in Group

- [Create Group from Config](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/group/view/create-invaders.md): Demonstrates how to populate a Group using configuration objects or arrays to define repetition, spacing, and initial properties for multiple sprites.
- [Destroy Group Children](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/group/view/destroy-child.md): Demonstrates how calling destroy() on a Game Object automatically removes it from any Group it belongs to.
- [Group Create Child](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/group/view/create-child.md): Demonstrates how to use the group.create method to instantiate a new Sprite and automatically add it to both the Group and the Scene display list.
- [Group Create Multiple](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/group/view/create-multiple.md): Learn how to batch-create multiple Game Objects within a Group using configuration options like frame lists, quantities, and repeat counts.
- [Group Create Multiple Keys](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/group/view/create-multiple-keys.md): Demonstrates how to populate a Group with multiple texture keys and frames simultaneously using the createMultiple method, including options for random frame selection and quantities.
- [Group Rotation Step](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/group/view/set-rotation.md): Demonstrates how to apply an incremental rotation to group members during creation using the setRotation step property.
- [Group Set Scale](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/group/view/set-scale.md): Demonstrates how to use the Group configuration object to initialize multiple sprites with specific scale values and incremental scale steps.
- [Group setXY Configuration](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/group/view/set-xy.md): Demonstrates how to use the setXY property when creating a Group to automatically position sprites with optional horizontal and vertical stepping.
- [Group setXY Vertical Spacing](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/group/view/set-y.md): Demonstrates how to use the setXY property in a Group configuration to automatically position and vertically space multiple sprites using a stepY value.
- [Multiple Group Configurations](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/group/view/multiple-adds.md): Demonstrates how to pass an array of multiple configuration objects to a Group to create different sets of children with their own frames and positioning rules simultaneously.
- [Random Frame Group Creation](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/group/view/random-frame.md): Demonstrates how to populate a group with sprites that are assigned random frames from a spritesheet and organized into a grid layout.
- [Shuffle Group Children](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/group/view/shuffle.md): Demonstrates how to use Phaser.Actions.Shuffle to randomly reorder the render depth of children within a Group.
- [All 15 examples in Group](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/group.md)

---

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