View Main Timeline in Graphic symbol timline

Question

If I draw a face with eyes (each as symbols), then parent the eyes to the head, and move them around via classic tween, it will create a basic animation on the timeline. Then if I go into the eyes symbol to edit them or add a blink, I can only view the frame that I clicked on, and scrubbing through the symbol timeline won't show me the original animation,

What can I do to see the main root timeline as I scrub through each frame of the symbol timeline? This would be useful to see the relative position of the symbol in the main timeline as you edit it.

Thanks in advance.

kglad · Accepted Answer

Right but when you're in the child timeline you also won't see keyframes and tweening that were applied to the child symbol (within the parent timeline). It's just static throughout the timeline. That's what I'm struggling with right now...

correct.

anything you do to that child will apply to each keyframe in each parent where that child is located. that all can't be displayed on one timeline (eg the child's).

kglad · Answer

use a parent graphic, not the main timeline (which is a movieclip).

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