Animate CC Canvas : changing position of labels layer makes labels not working

[erikRun]

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 ?

[JoãoCésar · Accepted solution]

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

[avid_body16B8]

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

[JoãoCésar]

Hi, res.

I tried that.

Didn't make any difference.

[GoryGreg]

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

*deletes Advanced Layers meme from comment*

[erikRun]

I haven't turned it on either. Thanks for your answer.

[erikRun]

@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 !

[JoãoCésar]

Great!

You're welcome!