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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:
1
Open the Behavior inspector.
2
Select a sprite or frame to which a behavior has been attached.
3
Click the arrow that expands the Behavior inspector’s description pane.
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.
Creating and modifying behaviors
Without any scripting or programming experience, you can use the Behavior inspector to create
and modify behaviors to perform basic actions. To create behaviors with more complex structures,
you need to understand Lingo.
View behavior
description
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behavior descriptions