Automating tasks with the Commands menu

Hi.

It's because the steps recorded can only take into account one instance. There's no instruction to get another instance and execute the same steps to it.

You need to go one step further and customize the command directly in a JSFL file.

Here is a suggestion.

JSFL script download:

animate_cc_jsfl_align_children_to_the_top_left.zip - Google Drive​

Please save the JSFL file in the default commands folder because if you try to run the script from another folder Animate CC may crash.

Commands folder (Windows 10):

<DRIVE>:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Adobe\<FLASH OR ANIMATE NAME AND VERSION>\<LANGUAGE>\Configuration\Commands

Example:

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Animate CC 2019\en_US\Configuration\Commands

Mac OS® X:

Macintosh HD/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Flash CS5/<language>/Configuration/Commands

I'm not a mac user. I took the location from here.

JSFL code (for reference only):

function main()
{
    var doc = an.getDocumentDOM();
    var selection;
    if (!doc)
    {
          alert("Please open a FLA first.");
          return;
    }
    selection = doc.selection;
    if (selection.length == 0)
    {
          alert("Please select at least one symbol instance first.");
          return;
    }
    doc.selectNone();
    for (var i = selection.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
    {
          var instance = selection;
          if (instance.instanceType != "symbol")
              continue;
          instance.selected = true;
          doc.enterEditMode("inPlace");
          doc.selectAll();
          doc.align("left", true);
          doc.align("top", true);
          doc.exitEditMode();
          doc.selectNone();
    }
}
main();

I hope this helps.

Regards,

JC