MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-EXTENDING FLASH, Manual

Page: 98 / 554

98 Objects
Parameters
distributemode
A string that specifies where to distribute the selected object. Acceptable
values are
"left edge"
,
"horizontal center"
,
"right edge"
,
"top edge"
,
"vertical
center"
, and
"bottom edge"
.
bUseDocumentBounds
A Boolean value that, when set to
true
, distributes the selected
objects using the bounds of the document. Otherwise, the method uses the bounds of the
selected object. The default is
false
.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; distributes the selection.
Example
The following example distributes the selected objects by the top edge:
fl.getDocumentDOM().distribute("top edge");
The following example distributes the selected objects by top edge and expressly sets the
bUseDcoumentBounds
parameter:
fl.getDocumentDOM().distribute("top edge", false);
The following example distributes the selected objects by their top edges, using the bounds of
the document:
fl.getDocumentDOM().distribute("top edge", true);
See also
document.getAlignToDocument()
,
document.setAlignToDocument()
document.distributeToLayers()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
document.distributeToLayers()
Parameters
None.