Setting Interactive Button Properties; Modifying The Active Area Of A Button Symbol; To Edit Instance-Level Properties Of A Single Button Symbol Instance - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

The Show Down State on Load option in the Property inspector for instances in a nav bar
In Fireworks 8, you need not select the Show Down State on Load option for every
button instance in a nav bar. The Document Specific section of the HTML Setup
dialog box contains an option called Export Multiple Files. When you select this
option and then export a nav bar, Fireworks 8 exports each HTML page with the
corresponding button's Down state. For more information, see
export options" on page

To edit instance-level properties of a single button symbol instance:

1.
Select the button instance in the work area.
2.
Set the properties in the Property inspector.

Setting interactive button properties

With Fireworks, you can control the interactive elements of a button, including the active
area, URL, target, and alternative (alt) image description.

Modifying the active area of a button symbol

The active area of a button symbol triggers interactivity when a user moves the pointer over it
or clicks it in a web browser. The active area of a button is a symbol-level property and is
unique to button symbols.
When a button symbol is created, Fireworks automatically creates a special slice large enough
to enclose all the states of a button. You can edit a button slice only in the Active Area tab of
the Button Editor. Each button can have only one slice. If you draw a slice using a slice tool in
the active area, the previous slice is replaced by the newly drawn slice. You can draw hotspot
objects in the Active Area tab, but you can edit those hotspots only in the Button Editor.
Web objects that define a button symbol's active area appear in the document when
slices and hotspots are not hidden, but a button's web objects are not listed in the Layers
panel and cannot be edited in the workspace.
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