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erikRun
Participant
January 23, 2019
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Animate CC Canvas : changing position of labels layer makes labels not working

  • January 23, 2019
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Hi everybody,

This issue looks like a bug to me - but even if not completely new, I do not have so much experience with Animate CC, so I request your opinion or explanation.

The situation is very simple :

  • I put en instance of a movieclip on my stage. This mc is used as a button,
  • it has 3 frames which display the object (a menu icon) in different colors,
  • and 3 layers which are from top to bottom : Actions, Labels and Img.
  • The labels are "off", "hover" and "on" : obviously related to mouse pointer's relative position.
  • The code implements the button's behavior : some EventListeners with gotoAndStop(label) here and there.
  • When I move the labels' layer to the bottom position labels are not working.

I checked the code with gotoAndStop(frameNumber) : it works perfectly . The labels will work too in this configuration... but I prefer labels' layer at the bottom of layers in my timeline. So, why not move it, Animate is not supposed to care about it ! Unfortunately it looks like it does : the labels are not taken into account any longer and currentFrame returns a correct frame number but currentLabel returns null. If I move the layer back to its initial position, everything is OK again !

And on my main timeline labels are at the bottom and there's no problem. (I won't try to move it to another place !)

It's not that much annoying, but I like to understand. Do you think it's a bug or did I make a mistake somewhere ?

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Correct answer JoãoCésar17023019

Hi.

You're right.

It seems to be a bug.

Would you mind reporting this issue?

Adobe Animate CC Feature Request/Bug Report Form

Thank you for your kind contribution.

Regards,

JC

3 replies

erikRun
erikRunAuthor
Participant
January 23, 2019

@JoäoCesar

Hi,

congratulations for your quick answer and checkings. I'll rely on your expertise and submit a bug report.

(I've almost torn my hair off yesterday evening trying to get out of it - next time I'll post here !)

Thanks a lot, merci beaucoup !

JoãoCésar17023019
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 23, 2019

Great!

You're welcome!

avid_body16B8
Legend
January 23, 2019

Just wondering - do you by any chance have advanced layers turned on not that it should make a difference?

JoãoCésar17023019
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 23, 2019

Hi, res.

I tried that.

Didn't make any difference.

Inspiring
January 23, 2019

I honestly thought this was Advanced Layers too causing this until I read your comments. Darn!

*deletes Advanced Layers meme from comment*

JoãoCésar17023019
Community Expert
JoãoCésar17023019Community ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
January 23, 2019

Hi.

You're right.

It seems to be a bug.

Would you mind reporting this issue?

Adobe Animate CC Feature Request/Bug Report Form

Thank you for your kind contribution.

Regards,

JC