Question about the gradient tool?

Something that is very annoying about flash and I haven’t been able to find a setting that will stop it if there is one. When you apply a gradient to a fill and then you switch to the “Fill Transform” tool it places the adjusting handles all the way out to the edge of the page. This is fine if the thing you are working on is as big as the page but if it is small you keep having to zoom out to see the whole page in order to get to the handles and then zoom back in to adjust them, and then if it isn’t just the way you want them you reapply a different mix of colors and hit the fill transform tool (the “f” key) and have to zoom back out to see the whole page again. This is very, very annoying. Is there some default setting or something that will fix this?

If you haven't already found out, here is the trick. When you select the fill bucket, make sure the gradient lock is off. It's next to the fill transform button. Often if the fill is locked, it will give you the problem that you encountered. If you unlock the fill, and still get the same problem, just click on the the area that you want to fill with the paint bucket again. The fill will be centered where you clicked and the transorm handles in plain view (instead of somewhere in Egypt!)

Good Luck
Neal Prentice
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I can’t tell you how good it is to find that out. That was one of the most annoying things.

Much thanks,
rec

No worries, rec.
Neal