Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Killer Tips

I'm Loopy

You're all well aware of the fact that Flash movie Timelines will loop by default, right? This is very true if you've published your movie as a SWF and you're watching your animation in the player. However, if you're just playing through the Timeline while working in the authoring environment, you'll see that there is no looping. Instead, the play head reaches the end of the Timeline and stops.

If you like the loopy playback, there's a simple solution. Instead of testing your movie to see it loop, you can go to the Control menu and click Loop Playback. Now press Enter or play in any Timeline and it will loop as if you had published it. You can toggle this option to suit your needs, but it's just nice knowing it's there.