Flip action reverses move

[tony_jenkins]

I have developed the attached block that works well in one direction by moving elements a defined distance and changing visibility states .

To avoid label text mirroring I have used attributes and added a flip action . The problem is that when flipped the move actions move the elements in the wrong direction , the array parameter still works ok however .

I have tried rebuilding using stretch rather than move but get even more bizarre results especially when the block is rotated .

To see the undesirable results change the length , flip then try and change length again (not choosing a multiple of 6 for the length). 
Is there a setting that can stop this behaviour ??

[Libbya]

There is not any setting that you can change.  The behavior is correct.  You are moving points to specified coordinates.  Those coordinates do not flip when you activate the flip parameter.  You could potentially turn the point parameters into distance parameters and flip/rotate them. 

[tony_jenkins]

I did try rebuilding using distance parameters and stretch action but had worse issues when flipped , rotated and then length changed .

the blocks separate vertically as well as horizontally .

[Libbya · Accepted solution]

It will work fine with distance parameters instead of point parameters provided you don't set the distance parameters to 0 because at 0 they lose their rotation angle.  Instead offset the base of the distance parameters by a specific amount and offset all of the values by the same amount.  Another mistake within your block that is messing it up is the fact that you included the move/rotate actions in the selection set of the flip and rotate actions.  See attached.  

[tony_jenkins]

Thats brilliant, thank you very much for your help