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davidm10500452
davidm10500452
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June 14, 2018
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Why is background of edited symbol always white?

  • June 14, 2018
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Hi,

I have a problem with latest Adobe Animate CC. When I double-click on a symbol and I start editing it, it has a white background and I can´t see other elements in my scene. I know this happens when I start editing symbol from Library. But I have probably something changed and now it happens also when I double click on a symbol in the scene.

Could somebody please help me?

Thanks

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Correct answer _keyframer

You have Advanced Layers turned on. Edit In Place broke when they introduced Advanced Layers and the team knows this and is fixing it for a future release. If you turn off Advanced Layers, Edit In Place will work again.

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Jansenlm
Participant
July 12, 2018

Has there been any progress on this? I have advanced layers turned off, and I'm still stuck with the white background. I been working on this project for a few days and this just started. I have tried to make it work in both Action Script and HTML 5.

_keyframer
Community Expert
_keyframerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 12, 2018

The engineering team is aware of this issue and a fix is coming. Probably in the next big update but can't say when that will be.

Animator and content creator for Animate CC
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Jansenlm
Participant
July 12, 2018

I just updated to the most current version (which must have just come out because I installed the program for the first time last week) and had no luck. Bummer. Any thoughts on a work around other that copying the rest of the object into the symbol? Also, I made a new test project as was able to edit symbols on a semi transparent background. Is my current project trashed?

_keyframer
Community Expert
_keyframerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
June 14, 2018

You have Advanced Layers turned on. Edit In Place broke when they introduced Advanced Layers and the team knows this and is fixing it for a future release. If you turn off Advanced Layers, Edit In Place will work again.

Animator and content creator for Animate CC
    avid_body16B8
    avid_body16B8
    Legend
    June 14, 2018

    Indeed I have advanced layers turned off. Sorry I missed that in my answer.

    avid_body16B8
    avid_body16B8
    Legend
    June 14, 2018

    if you double click your symbol from the stage it edits in place. If you edit from the library it will be it's own 'stage' which is white.

    I can edit from the stage without any problem so not sure what happens for you.

    avid_body16B8
    avid_body16B8
    Legend
    June 14, 2018

    BTW, make sure your layer is not locked so you can enter the symbol from the stage.

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