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October 5, 2021
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Dynamic text box somehow became unselectable

  • October 5, 2021
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I have a weird problem. In my Animate project (HTML5 canvas) I have one place where a dynamic text box became unselectable. The layer is unlocked, there's a dotted frame around the text box, but there's no way to select it. Clicking does nothing, dragging a selection box around it does nothing too. It's like the text box doesn't even exist.

 

I tried to attach the problematic file, but I got the error "The attachment's unselectable text.fla content type (application/octet-stream) does not match its file extension and has been removed." 😞

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Correct answer Vladin M. Mitov

Try "Modify > Arrange > Unlock All"

 

 

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Vladin M. Mitov
Vladin M. MitovCorrect answer
Inspiring
October 6, 2021

Try "Modify > Arrange > Unlock All"

 

 

- Vlad: UX and graphic design, Flash user since 1998Member of Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation
DusiołekAuthor
Participant
October 6, 2021

Thanks, this worked! 🙂 I didn't know that single objects could be locked, and not just layers. I must have accidentally locked it somehow.

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 5, 2021

double click it.

DusiołekAuthor
Participant
October 6, 2021

Thanks for the answer! But double clicking doesn't work, it's like double clicking on empty space. Also, using the "select all" option doesn't select it, even though it selects other stuff on the same layer.