Creating Navigation Bars; Creating Pop-Up Menus; To Create A Basic Nav Bar - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

Creating navigation bars

A navigation bar, or nav bar, is a group of buttons that provide links to different areas of a
website. It generally remains consistent throughout the site, providing a constant method of
navigation, no matter where the user is within the site. The nav bar looks the same from web
page to web page, but in some cases, the links may be specific to the function of each page.
In Fireworks, you make a nav bar by creating a button symbol in the Button Editor and then
placing instances of that symbol in the workspace.

To create a basic nav bar:

1. Create a button symbol. For more information, see
on page 282.
2. Drag an instance (copy) of the symbol from the Library panel to the workspace.
3. Do one of the following to make a copy of the button instance:
Select the button instance and select Edit > Clone.
Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Macintosh) the button instance.
4. Shift-drag a button to align it horizontally or vertically. For more precise control, use the
arrow keys to move the instance.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to create additional button instances.
6. Select each instance and assign it unique text, a URL, and other properties using the
Property inspector.

Creating pop-up menus

Pop-up menus are displayed in a browser when the user moves a pointer over or clicks a
triggering web object, such as a slice or hotspot. You can attach URL links to pop-up menu
items for navigation. For example, you can use pop-up menus to organize several navigation
options that are related to a button in a nav bar. You can create as many submenu levels as you
like in pop-up menus.
Each pop-up menu item appears as an HTML or image cell, which has an Up state, an Over
state, and text in both states. To preview a pop-up menu, press F12 to preview it in a browser.
The previews in the Fireworks workspace do not display pop-up menus.
"Creating button symbols"
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