Align to stage after changing canvas size

[Martgast]

So I've made my work in a 336x380 canvas. When I use align to stage it works perfectly. But if I change the canvas to, for example, 728x90 it won't work properly. If I use align to stage it doesn't center with the canvas. Is there a way to fix this?

[ClayUUID]

I just tested this and it worked fine.

How, EXACTLY, are you changing the canvas size?

[Martgast]

First, thanks for your reply.

I work in a HTML5 canvas. Under properties there is size: W: 336 H: 280. When I change the numbers to say: W: 728 H: 90 and align to the middle of the canvas, it doesn't go to the middle. Maybe I have a setting wrong or something, because I can't find the problem online.

[ClayUUID]

How, EXACTLY, are you attempting to align something to the middle of the canvas?

[Martgast]

1. I select the object I want to align to the middle of the canvas

2. I make sure I've 'Align to stage' checked

3. Under 'align' menu I click align vertical center or align horizontal centre

4. Object centres as if the canvas has the old size

[ClayUUID]

Weird, that works fine for me. What version of Animate are you running?

[just.emma]

Are you trying to align things inside a symbol, or on the main timeline?

[Martgast]

I'm trying to align in a symbol, this should work the same right?

[just.emma · Accepted solution]

No, that's your issue.  If you try to align within a symbol, it will be aligning based on the size of the symbol, not the size of the main stage.

If you need to align things to the main stage from inside a symbol, a trick would be to create a rectangle the size of your stage, make it a guide layer inside your symbol, and align your objects to that.

Otherwise, you could just keep always the items in your symbol at the 0 x  and y positions, and align to the stage via the main timeline instead.

[Martgast]

Thank you very much, that is where i was wrong.