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Zouhair Elamrani Abou Elassad
Zouhair Elamrani Abou Elassad

Reputation: 208

Edit Duplicated MovieClip Affects The Original -- Flash CS

I have a MovieClip that contains tabs and buttons, I want to create a similar one but with different structure (another types of button and tabs), I want to use the work that was done with the first one so I duplicate it, the problem is when I edit the second MovieClip (delete tabs and buttons), the first one changes too, it's like they're linked somehow, is there a way to fix that.

I'm using Flash CS 5 by the way.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 223

Answers (1)

ElChiniNet
ElChiniNet

Reputation: 2902

That is the expected behavior, a single MovieClip symbol can have multiple instances; all instances have the same content.

If you want to create a copy of your MovieClip as a new symbol, go to the Library select the desired MovieClip and right click on it and select Duplicate... or simply right click in the MovieClip at the scene and select Duplicate Symbol..., then you can drag the duplicated symbol from Library to the scene.

Now, you need to know that every symbol inside this copy share the same reference with the other ones in the original MovieClip so if you want to modify those symbols you need to do the same procedure.

Upvotes: 1

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