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sinc
2006-02-23, 11:04 PM
Is it possible to specify the default visibility state? You know, the one that gets displayed when you "reset" the dynamic block.

For example, say you have a dynamic block with three visibility states: Small, Medium, and Large. You want "Medium" to be the default visibility state. But the visibility states should be listed in the order "Small, Medium, Large". It would be undesirable to rearrange the order of visibility states, so that "Medium" is first and they list as "Medium, Small, Large".

I believe I can just define a Tool Pallette that sets the initial visibility state as desired. So, as long as the Dynamic Block is inserted from a Tool Pallette, at least the initial state can be set to "Medium", if not the state when the block gets reset. Is that the only way to go about it?

Rico
2006-02-24, 01:56 PM
Is it possible to specify the default visibility state? You know, the one that gets displayed when you "reset" the dynamic block.

For example, say you have a dynamic block with three visibility states: Small, Medium, and Large. You want "Medium" to be the default visibility state. But the visibility states should be listed in the order "Small, Medium, Large". It would be undesirable to rearrange the order of visibility states, so that "Medium" is first and they list as "Medium, Small, Large".

I believe I can just define a Tool Pallette that sets the initial visibility state as desired. So, as long as the Dynamic Block is inserted from a Tool Pallette, at least the initial state can be set to "Medium", if not the state when the block gets reset. Is that the only way to go about it?
Pretty much.

If you don't wanna change the default vis states in the vis parameter, then the only way to do it is with Tool Palettes. If anyone has found another way, please post.