Changing The Order Of Attached Behaviors; Getting Information About Behaviors - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-USING DIRECTOR Use Manual

Changing the order of attached behaviors

Director executes behaviors in the order they were attached to a sprite, and they are listed in this
order in the Property inspector and Behavior inspector. It is sometimes necessary to change the
sequence of behaviors so that actions occur in the proper order.
To change the order of the behaviors attached to a sprite:
Select the sprite in the Score or on the Stage.
1
Open the Behavior inspector or click the Behavior tab in the Property inspector.
2
Select a behavior from the list.
3
Click the arrows in the toolbar to move the selected behavior up or down on the list.
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Getting information about behaviors

Behaviors included with Director have pop-up descriptions that appear when you hold the
pointer over a behavior in the Library palette. Some behaviors, however, have longer descriptions
and instructions, which you can view in the Behavior inspector. A scrolling pane in the Behavior
inspector displays the complete description provided by the behavior's author. The Behavior
inspector only displays information about a behavior attached to a sprite or frame.
To view a behavior description:
Open the Behavior inspector.
1
Select a sprite or frame to which a behavior has been attached.
2
Click the arrow that expands the Behavior inspector's description pane.
3
You can leave the description pane expanded and select different behaviors to see
their descriptions.
All of the behaviors included in the Director library have descriptions. Behaviors from other
developers may not.
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Click to expand behavior descriptions
View behavior description