Movieclip/Layer Naming Suggestion

Because you can only animate one movieclip per layer on the
timeline. Can we currently or can you (Adobe), make it possible
that in the future, when you create a symbol from a
fill/line/imported image for the first time on a original-unchanged
Layer name (ex. Layer 1, Layer 2, Layer 36) That the Layer name
changes to the name of the movieclip?
It would help in my animation productions in finding
movieclip parts on the timeline.
thanks ahead,
Line

Line,
> Can we currently or can you (Adobe), make it possible
that in
> the future, when you create a symbol from a
fill/line/imported
> image for the first time on a original-unchanged Layer
name
> (ex. Layer 1, Layer 2, Layer 36) That the Layer name
changes
> to the name of the movieclip?
This idea makes pretty good sense for the workflow you've
described, but
it wouldn't always be useful. You might have a single layer
filled with
navigation buttons (a dozen symbols), for example, so you
might want to call
that layer "navigation," even though it contains a dozen
differently-named
symbols. But I do agree, for what you've described, it could
be helpful.
What you're after can be done with something called JSFL,
which is a
programming language (much like JavaScript) that lets you
automate the
authoring tool. Granted, to use it, you have to be
comfortable with
programming, but it's certainly an avenue. And even if this
isn't something
you might develop yourself, you might find a 3rd party
extension already
built.
David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog,
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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