User Guide

198 Chapter 10: Creating Buttons and Pop-up Menus
Setting the URL for a button symbol or instance
A URL, or Uniform Resource Locator, is a link to another web page, website, or anchor on the
same web page. The URL can be a symbol- or instance-level button property. You can attach a
URL to a selected button instance in the Property inspector or in the URL panel.
You can attach a URL to a symbol, so that the same URL appears in the Link text box in the
Property inspector for each instance. This is helpful when entering absolute URLs within a site;
you need only complete the last part of the URL in each instance’s Link text box in the Property
inspector to link the button instances.
Note: For information on absolute versus relative URLs, see “About absolute and relative URLs”
on page 166.
To set the URL for a button symbol in the Button Editor:
1 Do one of the following to open the button in the Button Editor:
■ Double-click a button instance in the workspace.
■ In the Library panel, double-click the button preview or the symbol icon beside the
button symbol.
2 Click the Active Area tab in the Button Editor.
3 Select the Active Area slice or hotspot.
4 Do one of the following:
■ Enter the URL in the Link text box in the Property inspector.
■ Choose a URL from the URL panel.
Note: Changing the URL for a button symbol won’t change the URL for existing button instances
of that symbol that already have unique URLs assigned to them. This also applies to changes
made to a button symbol’s target and alt text.
To set the URL for a selected button instance in the workspace, do one of the following:
• Enter the URL in the Link text box in the Property inspector.
• Choose a URL from the URL panel.
Setting the target for a button
The target is the window or frame in which the destination web page appears when a button
instance is clicked. If you don’t enter a target in the Property inspector, the web page appears in
the same frame or window as the link that called it. The target can be a symbol- or instance-level
button property. You can set the target for a symbol, so that all instances of the symbol have the
same target option.
To set the target for a button symbol in the Button Editor:
1 Do one of the following to open the button in the Button Editor:
■ Double-click a button instance in the workspace.
■ In the Library panel, double-click the button preview or the symbol icon beside the
button symbol.