Re: thank you (buttons)

[Colin Moock]

flashershocker [dot] com

,Internet writes:

>In a message dated 98-04-02 03:29:10 EST, you write:


><< I have some questions, anyway. Once I transformed something (e.g., a

>word)

> into a symbol, *without* checking the "button behaviour" checkbox, how

>do I

> turn it into a button? >>


>Open the Library, highlight the symbol you want to change to a button,

>click

>the pull down menu at the top right of the library, select properties,

>and

>check the "button behavior" box for that symbol.  Voila.  


>James


That's how you do it, but whether or not it works properly is a

different story. 


I've had weird behaviour turning a symbol into a button after I

originally created it. I think the safest way to turn it into a button

is to go into the symbol, copy all the contents, make a new symbol,

specify button behaviour when you make it, then paste the old symbol's

contents into the new one.


The obvious caveat is that if you have many instances of your symbol in

your timeline you'll have to replace them all, and we all know how

annoying that can be especially with Flash's current lack of numeric

precision placement tools.


Ok, so now I thought of a wish:

The ability to change the parent symbol of a specific symbol instance.

(eg. I make a symbol called "A", then place it in my timeline. Later I

decide I would rather it were a linked to symbol "B". I just change the

association to "B".) Maybe even a macro level tool that lets you

inspect all uses of all symbols, and work with them, so you could

change all "A"s to "B"s.


Colin

(new gwen episode coming soon I hope!)


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