Button Symbols - Flash Symbols

Buttons are essential features of any interactive web site.They are the key to any good menu or site navigation interface.Button symbols have a standard four-frame internal timeline.This timeline encode the different button states.

CREATING A BUTTON

1. Choose Insert->New Symbol in the menu (Or press Ctrl-F8)
and the Symbol Properties Box appears.
2.Add a name for our button
3.Click the Button option
4.Click OK and the button editor opens.
5. We can see four frames in the timeline.


6.Draw a circle the active frame is labeled "Up" in the timeline.

7. Insert a key frame in the frame labeled "Over" in the timeline.
a.Enter F6 for inserting a key frame.
b.Open the Fill color palette from the Tool box and select a different color from the original
button color.

8.Insert a key frame in the frame labeled "Down" in the timeline.
a.Enter F6 for inserting a key frame.
b.Open the Fill color palette from the Tool box and select a different color from the original
button color.

We have created a button with three looks that will change upon mouse events.

Button states:

• Up State

What the button will look like in its static state.

• Over State

What the button will look like when the user runs their mouse over it.

• Down State

What the button will look when the user clicks on it.

• Hit State

This is the special state we can't see in our finished movie.The hit state defines the part of the button that is actually click able.