Gary, Acorn, and Cmpan1. Thank you all for the insight. Very much appreciated.
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Gary, Acorn, and Cmpan1. Thank you all for the insight. Very much appreciated.
WOW very hairy
Though for drop down menus, a MouseDown layer is overkill and as Siran reminded me, a MouseDown layer will cause a nav bar not to work in Firefox without adding a script.
I did this demo a long time ago using layers. It demonstrates the power of building your own menus on layers. http://gwpriester.com/menu-test/services_2.html
Nice work Gary. I'm going to have to brush up on my layers.
-Bill-
Cliff. The more I played with this the more I like it. Thank you from the dogs and cats with the Northeast SPCA. Appreciate it so much.
Cliff. Just a newbie question. Im able to reproduce the drop down layer. I like this solution. The trouble I'm having is buttons. Your buttons are great. But my 'over' and 'off' states are not the same. So I'm really missing something there. I cant seem to simple change the look of a button, and make that reflected on another state. If I change the text on the button for example, it's not reflected on the 'down' state.
bwood... I think I'm gettin' ya... you want to change the 'look' of the button... either the 'off', or the 'over'.
First: As far as text is concerned... simply select the button... then select the 'text' tool and click on the button text to change it.... it WILL... reflect on the 'MouseOver' state.
Second: Button colors.... just select the button. Choose any color from the palette. When you do the 'Replace Color' window will appear... it will offer you a choice of the 'MouseOff' Color... the 'MouseOver' Color... and the 'Text Color'.... choose the one you wish. Simple...
And your terminology... "on the 'down' state"... there's no "down state" involved with this.
BTW... This will work on 'most' buttons.... for some you may have to 'show' the 'MouseOver' layer... then select the button box by holding down the Cntrol key to change the color.. then hide it again...
I know.... it is confusing... but that's XARA. A simple pop-up 'button options box' with all the possibilities would be nice.
This is an 'old' wysiwyg webbuilder... button/navbar dialog... but you get the point.... wouldn't it be nice.
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Hi Cliff,
regarding the drop down menu in Xara I would like to ask you kindly the following:
I am wrestling with that problem two months, a few hours daily indeed; I red all available forums, etc. I still dont know if it is possible to create (through layers or in any other way) the vertical collapsible/expandable menu in Xara - for desktop and/or for mobile site.
Defacto I try to create the same menu as the Content Catalog in Xara Webdesigner Premium uses.
Please is there any way to create such a menu or I have to forget it resp. use any other software for my website? Thank you very much.
Danka