buttons and actions 1

[rebec]

I have created a button in Flash and now I want to use the on mouse actions. But all of my mouse actions are greyed out. What am I doing wrong? Thanks Rebecca

 

[oldnewbie]

Rebecca,
Using Flash 4 or 5?
Did you create your button as a symbol? Or convert your graphic as a symbol?
Did you drag it from the library to the stage and right-click it, to set your mouse actions?

;-)

 

[natedeia]

When you go to edit your button, you have the four choice (up,over,down,hit). What i do is from left to right i put a keyframe in. That will carry the image over to each one then you can edit each to give the effect you are looking for whether it is on the mouse over or down part. That does the trick for me.

 

[davdesign]

hi nat,

Rebec's problem is as old says. It's like when you try and put an 'on' action in a movie-clip, you can't because it is an action specifically for a button, so it is greyed out (non selectable).

dave

dave@pinkzeppelin.com

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[natedeia]

oops, totally pictured something else from my comment above, must have been in a hurry or something.....

 

[vindalou]

I am having this problem too. I have a button which i can assign a 'get url' action to the frame.(this however happens automatically when the button appears in that frame not when you push the button.) When I go to assign an action to the 'hit' frame of the button (or up, down ,mouseover) all options are greyed out. This is driving me nuts. I just want it to goto a url when pushed.
It's something simple I know, that I'm just not getting.
I am using Flash 5.

 

[oldtemp]

Vindalou,

You don't assign an action to a button while in edit mode! To make things simple... Once you've created your button (under Insert-> New Symbol (Ctrl+F8... or converted a graphic into a symbol), drag it on stage from the library.
Right-click on it to select it and hit Actions on the dropdown menu. That's where you assign actions to your button. The on action will be available. Double-click it and then add your getUrl action.

;-)

 

[vindalou]

Ahh, I was getting a bit ahead myself in my tutorials and it was frustrating me no end. Thank you very much. :-D