how do i add a shortcut to this properties box

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ok i have a issue thats been bafflng me for a while here. i know you can add custom keyboard shortcuts but how do you add it for the properties box for

the properties of a symbol (select a symbol, right click, and select properties)

the project im working on im having to copy and paste the actionscript names of things to the name box(or the art pieces well, explode) and i can setup everything else just fine, but still

have to manaully do this part.

id like to assign it to a single key so i can open it, copy , paste the text and b e done with it.

or does anyone know of a script etc that could do this part for me. literally just needs to copy the as3 name to the name box as these files have in some 300 plus files and not one of them the same symbol number across files. i do need to unify them to work with them outside a runtime envirnment and this seemed to be the least invasive way to do this.

this seems to correct the problem as the as3 code itself is missing waht combined them that did this and is the only elements binding the pieces together. for instance, a yellow x

character mught have a arm on symbol 2 the red one is 7 etc.

the project has 400 character files, and 1 wireframe....the wireframe is 328 symbols or so and the character files are 50 boxes on their own the clothes have a MEGABYTES of files that also need this done.

funny thing is once i do this, if i make a copy of the wireframe file everything drops in and connects, so i know the art files are fine.

trying to avoid carpel tunnel symdrome doing this .

terryw30405050 · Accepted Answer

This is JSFL code that runs only in authoring mode, which means you need to save it as a command and trigger the command yourself.

Go to the folder:

C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Adobe\Animate YourVersion\YourLocale\Configuration\Commands

and save the code as a file with the name RenameLibraryItems.jsfl

After that, restart Animate, open your project, and execute it from the menu:
Commands > RenameLibraryItems

that was super awesome for this problem. it was taking 30 MINUTES to do manually!

Vladin M. Mitov · Answer

You can try this script - it iterates through all items in the library and sets the symbol's name to match the class name.

(function(){

	var doc = fl.getDocumentDOM();
	var lib = doc.library, i, itm;

	for( i = 0; i < lib.items.length; i++ ){
		itm = lib.items[ i ];
		if( itm.linkageExportForAS ){
			itm.name = itm.linkageClassName;
		}
	}
	
})();

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