This is a combination of Select all running shapes and Shapes - Shape Direction, to set all running shapes' direction at once. The file consists of a number of macros. The first one selects all running shapes. The other macros recall the first one, and then set the direction to the various possible values,

• Editor.Shapes.ConnectShapesList
• Editor.Shapes.SelectAllShapes
• ActionScript.SetProperty.Boolean
• UserMacros.RecallMacroById
• Editor.Shapes.SetCurrentShapesDirection

• Editor.Shapes.ProgrammerShapes.Empty
• Editor.Shapes.EditShapesEmpty
• Editor.Shapes.EditingPlaybackShapes

• step condition

The file with all macros for all possible directions is available here as allshapesdirection.xml.

allshapesdirection_short.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<avolites.macros>
 
  <macro id="Wiki.Macros.SelectAllShapes" name="Select All Shapes">
    <sequence>
      <step>Editor.Shapes.ConnectShapesList()</step>
      <step condition="!Editor.Shapes.ProgrammerShapes.Empty">Editor.Shapes.SelectAllShapes()</step>
      <step condition="!Editor.Shapes.EditShapesEmpty">ActionScript.SetProperty.Boolean("Editor.Shapes.EditingPlaybackShapes", true)</step>
    </sequence>
  </macro>
 
  <macro id="Wiki.Macros.AllShapes.Direction.LeftToRight" name="All Shapes Direction LeftToRight">
    <sequence>
      <step>UserMacros.RecallMacroById("Wiki.Macros.SelectAllShapes")</step>
      <step>Editor.Shapes.SetCurrentShapesDirection("LeftToRight")</step>
    </sequence>
  </macro>
 
  <macro id="Wiki.Macros.AllShapes.Direction.TopDown" name="All Shapes Direction TopDown">
    <sequence>
      <step>UserMacros.RecallMacroById("Wiki.Macros.SelectAllShapes")</step>
      <step>Editor.Shapes.SetCurrentShapesDirection("TopDown")</step>
    </sequence>
  </macro>
 
</avolites.macros>

This explains the functional steps within the sequence. For all the other XML details please refer to Formats and syntax

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