Set ActionScript preferences
Whether you edit code in the Actions panel or the Script window, you can set and modify a single set of preferences.
- Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Flash > Preferences (Macintosh), and then click ActionScript in the Category list.
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Set any of these preferences:
- Automatic Indentation
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When automatic indentation is turned on, the text you type after an opening parenthesis “(“ or opening curly brace “{“ is automatically indented according to the Tab Size setting.
- Tab Size
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Specifies the number of characters a new line is indented.
- Code Hints
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Enables code hinting in the Script pane.
- Delay
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Specifies the delay (in seconds) before code hints are displayed.
- Font
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Specifies the font used for your script.
- Use Dynamic Font Mapping
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Checks to ensure that the selected font family can render each character. If not, Flash substitutes a font family that contains the necessary characters.
- Open/Import
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Specifies the character encoding used when you open or import ActionScript files.
- Save/Export
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Specifies the character encoding used when you save or export ActionScript files.
- Reload Modified Files
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Specifies what happens when a script file is modified, moved, or deleted. Select Always, Never, or Prompt.
- Always
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No warning is displayed, and the file is automatically reloaded.
- Never
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No warning is displayed, and the file remains in the current state.
- Prompt
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(Default) A warning is displayed, and you can choose whether to reload the file.
When you build applications with external scripts, this preference helps you avoid overwriting a script that a team member has modified since you opened the application, or avoid publishing the application with older versions of scripts. The warnings let you automatically close a script and reopen the newer, modified version.
- Syntax Colors
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Specifies code coloring in your scripts.
- Language
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Opens the ActionScript Settings dialog boxes, where you can set a classpath for ActionScript 2.0 or 3.0.
