Re: FLASH: need solution for disappearing buttons trick

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 08:58 AM 6/22/99 -0500, you wrote:


>

>Maybe I am misunderstanding your advice.

>

>"Your Off button hit area is comprised of your On button."  Do you mean

>that I can't use the same symbol for both?  It sounds like you mention in

>the following thought that you CAN use the same symbol.

>


The Hit area is a particular frame within the button. It shows up in symbol

edit mode and defines the area over which the mouse will be active. You

should not use a button to define the Hit area. If you go into symbol edit

for your off button, and select the graphic in the Hit frame, you will see

that the graphic is a button. This is what I'm talking about. The simplest

fix is to break that graphic into a circle and outline, and delete the

outline, using ctrl-B. Then the Hit graphic will no longer be a button.


It is fine to make a symbol that is not a button but is simply a graphic

and contains a solid circular fill, and you can drag this into a button in

symbol edit mode and use it for the Hit area. You can use the same graphic

symbol for different buttons.


It is also fine to use the library's "copy symbol" function to make a copy

of a button (or any symbol) and then make revisions to the copy for use in

different circumstances.


Lastly, it is fine to use multiple instances of the same button, dragging

it from the library to various places on the stage and/or timeline.



Marc Hoffman

marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com (mailto:marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com)

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