Re: FLASH: Here is me two cents regarding, hit areas for buttons

[John Croteau]

Hi Robi,


> I take button making one step further then what John mentions below by

> after deleting the border, I make the fill a symbol entitled "hit".

> Then I reuse this hit symbol for all my buttons be resizing the symbol

> appropriately.  It pays of in file size if there are a significant

> number of buttons with basically the same hit shape.

This is a good tip with one small note. If the hit area is a simple

rectangle it is cheaper just to drw a new rectangle, but this is a good

idea for most any other shape that is more complex including simple

ovals and circles.


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