JSFL – Software, Fitness, and Gaming – Jesse Warden https://jessewarden.com Software | Fitness | Gaming Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:12:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://jessewarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cropped-Lambda2-32x32.png JSFL – Software, Fitness, and Gaming – Jesse Warden https://jessewarden.com 32 32 Flash Command: Convert to Symbol and Distribute to Layers https://jessewarden.com/2009/06/flash-command-convert-to-symbol-and-distribute-to-layers.html https://jessewarden.com/2009/06/flash-command-convert-to-symbol-and-distribute-to-layers.html#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:11:39 +0000 http://jessewarden.com/?p=1644 Josh was bitching on Twitter the other day about how if you select multiple objects in Flash and choose Convert to Symbol, it puts them all on the same layer, regardless of where they were before. Others agreed that it is frustrating. I know where he’s coming from doing production art, so I built this quick Command to do just that. If you save in your Commands folder, and re-boot Flash, you can re-map your F8 key to use this Command instead of the regular Convert to Symbol Command.

fl.getDocumentDOM().convertToSymbol('movie clip', '', 'top left');
fl.getDocumentDOM().enterEditMode('');
fl.getDocumentDOM().distributeToLayers();

Also, you can create simple Commands like this on your own. Just do what I did, and open up your History Panel via Window > Other Panels. The top right of the Panel has a menu that allows you to see the JavaScript of your actions. You can then copy-pasta from there!

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