Enabling transition animations for Grid/Graphs and panel stacks in Flash

When controls such as Grid/Graphs and panel stacks are first displayed in Flash Mode, they fade in as they are being displayed. These visual animations are transitions that you can enable in Grid/Graphs and panel stacks. For example, you can specify whether a transition animation takes place when a user chooses an item in a selector that affects a Grid/Graph. The changed Grid/Graph can fade in slowly onto the screen once a user selects an item from a selector in the document.

You can select the type of transition to use and also the speed of the transition. Types of transitions include blur, fade, and wipe down. The speed can be very slow, slow, medium, fast, and very fast. You can also set the speed to automatic; the speed is then determined by the type of transition.

To enable a transition animation for Flash Mode

  1. Open the document in Design or Editable Mode.

  2. Right-click the Grid/Graph or panel stack in which you want to enable a Flash Mode transition animation and select Properties and Formatting. The Properties and Formatting dialog box opens.

  3. From the left, select Flash.

  4. From the Selected Transition drop-down list, select a type of transition animation for the object. This is the type of transition animation that will be used for the object in Flash Mode.

  5. From the Speed drop-down list, determine how quickly the transition animation takes place.

  6. From the Home menu, select Flash Mode to view and test your changes.

  7. Click OK to apply the changes to the control and return to the document.