Symbol bounding box changes so overflow can be set to hidden

I need to move the left and top bounding inwards, box so I can set the overflow to hidden - is this possible?

left-, toppositions of the elements within will remain, so this'll not work out of the box.
perhaps grouping the symbol and set overflow hidden to the group?

its quite a complex animation with a lot of moving pieces Hans

I would do as @h_classen suggest's,

Select every element in the Symbol and group them. Then set hidden on the group and reposition the bounds.


Or you can do it the slightly harder way if you want the hidden on the Symbols bounds.

Select every element in the Symbol and group them.

Drag two guide lines to where you want the cut off for the hidden overflow to be.

Align the bottom - right corner of the group with the bottom - right corner of the Symbol bounds.

Back out of the symbol and set it's overflow to hidden and reposition the Symbols bounds top - left to sit on top of the guide lines. This will move all the elements inside but that is why we grouped them first.

Now go back into the symbol, select the group and re align its bottom - right corner with the bottom - right corner of the Symbol bounds.

This should bring every thing where you want it.

You should then be able to go back into the symbol and ungroup the elements.

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Great , thank you

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