User Guide

Document object 83
document.distribute()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
document.distribute( distributemode [, bUseDocumentBounds ] )
Parameters
distributemode
A string that specifies where to distribute the selected object. Valid values for
distributeMode are "left edge", "horizontal center", "right edge", "top edge",
"vertical center", and "bottom edge".
bUseDocumentBounds A Boolean value that, when set to true, distributes the selected objects
using the bounds of the document. Otherwise, the method uses the bounds of the selected object.
The default is
false.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; distributes the selection. See document.setAlignToDocument() and
document.getAlignToDocument().
Example
The following example distributes the selected objects by the top edge:
fl.getDocumentDOM().distribute("top edge");
The following example distributes the selected objects by top edge and expressly sets the
bUseDcoumentBounds parameter:
fl.getDocumentDOM().distribute("top edge", false);
The following example distributes the selected objects by their top edges, using the bounds of the
document:
fl.getDocumentDOM().distribute("top edge", true);
document.distributeToLayers()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
document.distributeToLayers()
Parameters
None.