clones

hi im using clones for layers
like layer.clone()
is there a way i can hide/delete all clones at once?

and if not is there a way i can stop it fro m error reporting if the clone dosent exist(i need to hide all my clones but not all of them will be shoing anyway)

make your clones as an Array that way you can loop through the array to change all the clones.

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Originally posted by blanius
make your clones as an Array that way you can loop through the array to change all the clones.

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sorry to sound dum but i dont understand how u mean

myclones new Array()

for (idx=0;idx<10;idx++){
myclones[idx]=element("layertoclone").clone();

}

you now have 10 clones of the layer and can refer to them as
myclones[0]
myclones[1]
myclones[2]
...etc....

So you can now set/assign/change the properties of all the clones in a simple loop. For example to hide them all

for (idx=0;idx=myclones.length;idx++){
myclones[idx].hide()
}

see the help regarding for loops and arrays and you should get the idea. See the Clone example as I believe it uses an array just as above so that it can check if any of the clones are out of bounds by looping through them.

im surrounded by genius, thanks dude