Plain text link - mouseover question (WD6)

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When creating simple text links, you don't need a component on the MouseOver layer. You simply create text on the MouseOff layer, apply a link, then make sure that the text link colors are properly set on the Web Properties > Website tab.

You could also do as you've done — creating one element on the MouseOff layer, and a matching element on the MouseOver layer (but colored differently) — then applying a link. Note, however, that those two elements must be groups, not simple text strings. You had not grouped each text string, converting it to a graphic on export.

I've attached a sample WD6 file that has three links. The one in the middle is your original. On top is a single text element on the MouseOff layer. On the bottom is a sample of a link that uses two simple text strings, each of which has been grouped, on the two layers.

[Yellosub]

When creating simple text links, you don't need a component on the MouseOver layer. You simply create text on the MouseOff layer, apply a link, then make sure that the text link colors are properly set on the Web Properties > Website tab.

I know that, but I want colours different from the common link colours

You could also do as you've done — creating one element on the MouseOff layer, and a matching element on the MouseOver layer (but colored differently) — then applying a link. Note, however, that those two elements must be groups, not simple text strings. You had not grouped each text string, converting it to a graphic on export.

Yes, but I don't want the text converted to graphics.

I've attached a sample WD6 file that has three links. The one in the middle is your original. On top is a single text element on the MouseOff layer. On the bottom is a sample of a link that uses two simple text strings, each of which has been grouped, on the two layers.

Thanks for your file, Curtis. What I'd like to achieve is your example No3 but withour having to group the text.

In WD5/Xtreme Pro5 this was not possible at all. Now in WD6 it seems to work - apart from refusing to choose the desired colour of the mouseover text.

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I just looked at the WD6 Help, and found this:

You can also choose to override the global text link colors for individual links if required. On the Link tab of the Web Properties dialog, unselect the "Use common website link colors" option. Then the selected link will be displayed using the text color that you set in the document, instead of the global text link color.

I did not know that was possible. That must be what you (Yellosub) are talking about. I'm going to have to play with it.

EDIT: The instruction doesn't explain how to get unique colors for mouse/off/over/visited states ...

[Yellosub]

I just looked at the WD6 Help, and found this:
I did not know that was possible. That must be what you (Yellosub) are talking about. I'm going to have to play with it.

EDIT: The instruction doesn't explain how to get unique colors for mouse/off/over/visited states ...

Yes exactly, that's what confuses me as well.

[steve.ledger]

This question came up for WD5 also.
The method I came up with can be seen here:
► http://www.talkgraphics.com/showpost...00&postcount=4

The method to override the global link colour simply removes the global link/hover/visited colours and retains the single colour you chose for the text.

[Yellosub]

This question came up for WD5 also.
The method I came up with cane be seen here:
► http://www.talkgraphics.com/showpost...00&postcount=4

The method to override the global link colour simply removes the global link/hover/visited colours and retains the single colour you chose for the text.

Thanks for this nice tutorial. It definitely works this way, although I had hoped it might be a bit less complicated in WD 6.

Regards, Hubert

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The method to override the global link colour simply removes the global link/hover/visited colours and retains the single colour you chose for the text.

Is this really ALL that Xara intended to address? Is there no other way to get custom mouse/over & /visited colors? Yo, covoxer ... echo echo echo echo

[covoxer]

Yo, yo... Hear you loud and clear.
The idea of the link color override was to allow users to disable the text link effects. So that you can have a link that looks as a simple text no matter what.
To have hovering colors you can set you custom colors in web properties dialog. Though these are global. If want a new feature, I suggest placing it in the dear Xara forum.