User Guide

200 Chapter 10: Creating Buttons and Pop-up Menus
To set the alt text for a button instance in the workspace:
1 Select the button instance in the workspace.
2 Enter the description in the Alt Text box in the Property inspector.
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 “Creating button symbols” on page 191.
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 choose 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.