I'm working on a project with several dozen buttons, all of which need to be formatted with 3 states, all the same. This seems like it must be a common problem but i can't find the solution! Surely there is a way to make a prototype, or a style, (a "symbol" in Flash, a "sprite" in Director for those who go back that far!) so that you don't have to create each state from scratch every time? And if I need to change something across all the buttons I've made (such as the font size of a color), I only need to do it once and it makes the change to all? There must be a way! Help!
In any case, I tend to get a button with the states, colors and font I want, and then copy that button from screen to screen, which maintains its characteristics. And on those occasions when I need to make a global change, such as to font size of the buttons, I make the change on one button and use the format painter tool to copy the characteristics of that button to the others. Unfortunately that means having to touch all of the affected buttons individually.
(Thanks for the callback to Director's sprites! I go back to that and beyond.)
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Hi Gail. I don't know that there is a way to really do this. I found an earlier discussion here: https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/default-button
In any case, I tend to get a button with the states, colors and font I want, and then copy that button from screen to screen, which maintains its characteristics. And on those occasions when I need to make a global change, such as to font size of the buttons, I make the change on one button and use the format painter tool to copy the characteristics of that button to the others. Unfortunately that means having to touch all of the affected buttons individually.
(Thanks for the callback to Director's sprites! I go back to that and beyond.)
Hi Gail,
David is spot on here! If you copy the button, it should maintain the same characteristics, including the states.
Also, the format painter button can be double-clicked to remain active so that you can paint as many items as you’d like, then click it again to release!
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