When casts are grouped with other casts, they appear as tabs in the Cast panel group, as shown.

To save the configuration of your Cast panel tabs, you must save the panel layout before closing your file. When you open the file again, restore the tab configuration by opening the panel layout you created.

Managing casts in older Director movies

When you open a multicast movie created in a previous version of Director, only the first cast appears in the Cast window. You can display the remaining casts as tabs in a panel group or in a new Cast window.

• To open the cast as a tabbed panel, in the Cast window, click the Cast button and select the cast.
• To open a cast in a new window, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac) the Cast button and select a cast.

Using Cast window controls

The controls at the top of the Cast window are the same in both the List and Thumbnail views. Use the controls to change the cast that appears in the Cast window, the cast member selection, or the name of a cast member. You can also use them to move cast members and to open a cast member’s Script window or the Property inspector.

Change the cast displayed in the current Cast window

Do one of the following:

• Click the Cast button and select a cast from the menu.
• Click a tabbed panel to make it active.
• Press Control+Alt (Windows) or Command+Option (Mac) followed by the Right Arrow key or Left Arrow key to move from tab to tab.

Open a cast in a new Cast window

• Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac) the Cast button and select a cast from the context menu.

Select the previous or next cast member

• Click the Previous Cast Member or Next Cast Member button.

Move a selected cast member to a new position in the Cast window (Thumbnail view) or to the Stage

• Drag the Drag Cast Member button to the desired position in the Cast window or to the Stage.

This procedure is useful when the selected cast member has scrolled out of view.

Enter a cast member name

• Select a cast member and enter the name in the Cast Member Name text box.

Edit a cast member script

• Select a cast member and click the Cast Member Script button.

View cast member properties

1. Select a cast member.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Click the Cast Member Properties button.
   • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac), and select Cast Member Properties from the context menu.
   • Select Window > Property Inspector. The Property inspector displays only those properties associated with the selected cast member.

For more information, see Viewing and setting cast member properties.

View the cast member number

• See the Cast Member Number field in the upper-right corner of the Cast window.