Comments on: Flash CS4 Bug: Distribute To Layers moves objects 0.5 pixels

By: YL

YL — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:55:09 +0000

EDIT:

…Sorry for not reading through previous posts. It's there since Flash 8!?

I'm not a programmer, but I don't think this problem is too hard to fix. Just stop considering if Snap to Pixel is on when using the Distribute to Layers command!

By: YL

YL — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:51:56 +0000

Now I really, really, REALLY miss the old Macromedia days.

I still have my Studio 8 installed, so maybe I'll just use that when I don't need AS3.

By: Steven Sacks

Steven Sacks — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:10:53 +0000

Wow. I can't believe this old bug has never been fixed. I never noticed it before and I use Distribute to Layers all the time. Thanks for the info!

Hey Adobe, fix this!

By: amoslanka

amoslanka — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:41:04 +0000

As the previous commenters stated, this was definitely an issue in CS3 as well, and only when snap to pixels was turned on. Our solution was to write a JSFL command, which doesn't work perfectly like the built in command, but at least gets most of the job done the same way. We posted it on our blog if anyone is interested:

http://summitprojectsflashblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/flash-cs4-fails-to-fix-distribute-to-layer-jsfl-script-in-response/

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:06:29 +0000

This bug was mentioned in the comments of a Mike Chambers blog post he wrote five years ago.

http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2004/07/13/modify-timeline-distribute-to-layers/comment-page-1/

By: Ben P

Ben P — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:37:04 +0000

I've heard about this bug before.
In CS3 it seems to only happens if you have "Snap to pixels" turned on. I distribute to layer often and it doesn't move stuff when I have it turned off.
–just remember to turn "Snap to pixels" off before distributing to layer, and then turn it back on after if you wish (JSFL?).

I'm not sure about CS4 though…

By: Mads Bjerre

Mads Bjerre — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:22:14 +0000

I noticed this too in CS3 (I was on the closed beta) and even submitted a bug report regarding the problem. Kinda bummed that Adobe hasn't considered it high enough priority yet to fix it.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:20:20 +0000

Hi Steve,

i noticed this bug some time ago in CS3. It's really annyoing because distribute to layers is a nice way to have your layers named automatically and separate each object/movieclip.

I now use it in combination with a .jsfl-script executed via a keyboard shortcut to shift the object back to whole pixels. But this doesnt't always work well with Textfields or Shape Objects.
Maybe it is possible to recreate the distribute to layers function with jsfl an integrate the whole-pixel-rounding.

Sebastian