Selection Commands
Posted October 11, 2004 by senocular
Version: Fireworks MX
A collection of commands for general selections:
Note: To New Document command uses the clipboard to copy and paste the selection into a new document.
Version History:
0.8.5: Added Name Selected Objects
0.8.4: Added Reflect commands
0.8.3: Added Select Next/Previous commands
0.8.2: Fix to Break Apart
0.8.1: Initial public release
- Fit to Canvas: Resizes selection to fit the size of the document canvas
- Center: Positions all elements in a selection to the center of the document canvas
- Gather: Collects all elements in a selection and places them in the upper left of the document
- Match Greatest Height: Sets all elements in a selection to have the height of the greatest height in the selection
- Match Greatest Size: Sets all elements in a selection to have the width and height of the greatest width and height in the selection
- Match Greatest Width: Sets all elements in a selection to have the width of the greatest width in the selection
- Match Smallest Height: Sets all elements in a selection to have the height of the smallest height in the selection
- Match Smallest Size: Sets all elements in a selection to have the width and height of the smallest width and height in the selection
- Match Smallest Width: Sets all elements in a selection to have the width of the smallest width in the selection
- To New Document: Creates a new document out of the selection
- Break Apart: Enhanced version of the Break Apart that's used with Symbols. This one "breaks apart" a single element selection, symbol or not, performing the following based on what is selected:
- Symbols: Breaks instance out of symbol into a group
- Autoshapes: Ungroups shape removing autoshape properties
- Groups: Ungroups to individual elements
- Text: Converts to paths
- Paths: Flattens to a bitmap
- Symbols: Breaks instance out of symbol into a group
- Select Next/Previous: Selects the next and previous objects within the layers panel (next is the next one down, previous is the next one up)
- Select Available Next/Previous: Selects the next and previous available objects within the layers panel. Unlike Select Next/Previous, Select Available Next/Previous will only select visible and unlocked objects.
- Reflect Left/Right/Above/Below: Copies the selection and mirrors it in the specified direction
- Name Selected Objects: Renames objects a selection
Note: To New Document command uses the clipboard to copy and paste the selection into a new document.
Version History:
0.8.5: Added Name Selected Objects
0.8.4: Added Reflect commands
0.8.3: Added Select Next/Previous commands
0.8.2: Fix to Break Apart
0.8.1: Initial public release