Play Scene and Stop Scene

The Play Scene and Stop Scene actions let you manage the playback of single-scene animations or multiple scenes created with the TimeLine Editor. You can control multiple-scene animations dynamically by inserting Play Scene and Stop Scene actions on the action track of the TimeLine Editor (see Creating multiple scenes) or let the viewer control scene playback by clicking buttons labeled, for example, Play and Stop.

To set up a Play Scene action for an image, a rollover button, hyperlink text, or form element:

1 Select a mouse or key event and click the + button in the Actions palette.

2 Choose Stop Scene from the Multimedia submenu of the Action menu in the Actions palette. (Inserting a Stop Scene action is good practice at this point; it stops any other animation that may still be playing when the viewer clicks the Play button.)

3 Click the + button one more time, then choose Actions > Play Scene.

4 Choose the scene you want the browser to play back from the Scene pop-up menu.

To set up a Stop Scene action for an image, a rollover button, hyperlink text, or form element:

1 Select a mouse or key event and click the + button in the Actions palette.

2 Choose Stop Scene from the Multimedia submenu of the Action menu in the Actions palette.

3 Choose the scene you want the browser to stop from the Scene pop-up menu.

4 Preview the action in a 4.0 browser.

Using Actions > Using Adobe GoLive actions > Play Scene and Stop Scene