Re: FLASH: text buttons

[Billie McConnell]

Hi Tristan,


If you turn the text into a symbol and place an instance of that symbol in

each button state, you can change the color of the instance by going to the

Instance properties (double clicking on the instance) and adding a tint

color to the instance. That way if you decided to the change the text in

the original Text symbol each instance would continue to use its tint color.


Hope that helps.


Billie McConnell

bmcconflash [dot] net

>Hi.

>I need help with a text button. I want to use a text symbol in another

>"button" symbol such that if I ever need to adjust the rollover button, all

>I have to do is change the symbol text that it was based off of.

>However, I want the 3 states of the button to have different colors.  How

>can I do this?  I want only one "original" reference symbol.

>The only way I can see to do this is make copies of the original text symbol

>and change their colors and import them into the button symbol.  But that

>means a lot of work if I ever need to change the text or colors.

>The other way I found was to go into the button and break apart the symbol

>on the rollover and down states so that I could change the color.  However,

>this is also time consuming.

>

>Does anyone know of a way to only have one symbol as a reference for a

>button, but such that I can have different colors for the rollover and down

>states.....and such that updating the text and colors can all be done from

>the original text.

>Thanks

>

>Mr. Tristan L. Wuerslin

>Graphic Artist/Animator

>GE Power Systems University-Multimedia

>1 River Road Bld. 600 Rm. 200

>Schenectady, NY 12345

>(518) 385-4427

>

wuersltrpssch [dot] ps [dot] ge [dot] com

>

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