3 State Navbar bug in XDP6

[bcire68]

Thanks for that Bill. I'll give it a try. However...this can't be how the software was meant to work.

This was my exact work flow.

On the MouseOff layer
Create rectangle and give it a color.
Create Center Justified Text and give it a color.
Select both and Ctrl+L and center them.
Press Ctrl+G to group them
Press Ctrl+C to copy

Open layer gallery and select MouseOver layer
Press Ctrl+Shift+V to paste in place.
Drill down in the group (within the Layer gallery) to the rectangle
Select a different color.
Select the whole button again
Press Ctrl+C to copy

Select MouseOver layer again
Press New and name the new layer MouseOff and make sure that it is selected
Press Ctrl+Shift+V to paste in place.
Drill down in the group (within the Layer gallery) to the rectangle
Select a different color.

Drag select all of the buttons (info bar shows 3 groups on 3 layers)
Press Ctrl+Alt+G to soft group.

Press the Create Navagation Bar button
And the error comes up.

If that isn't the right way to do it, then I would like to know what the right way is.

Eric

[Soquili]

Eric I don't use the web page features so we have already gone past my ability to assist.

[steve.ledger]

In Eric's example, I removed the SG and selected the mouseoff layer, then I was able to create a navbar without errors.
This is slightly different to WD6.

[bcire68]

Steve,

Does that mean that the soft groups are no longer necessary?

[Yellosub]

In Eric's example, I removed the SG and selected the mouseoff layer, then I was able to create a navbar without errors.
This is slightly different to WD6.

Same problem here. The error message comes up as soon as I try to add a mouseover state, although I have a button + text group on each layer and softgrouped them as required.

Removing the SG and selecting the mouseoff layer does not help. You do get a navbar without errormessage, but unfortunately without any mouseover state.

Hope somebody can spot our mistake...

Regards,
Hubert

[bcire68]

This isn't a mistake Hubert. It has to be a bug. The fact that it works on some peoples machines and not on others seems strange though.

[steve.ledger]

I'm inclined to agree so I've reported it.

[wuerthne]

Steve,

Does that mean that the soft groups are no longer necessary?

No, the Soft Group mechanism is absolutely vital for NavBars and your workflow looks exactly right.

There have not been any changes with respect to NavBars between WD6 and XDP6 - it is meant to work in exactly the same way in XPD6 as it did in WD6.

I will look into this (bug #7762).

[wuerthne]

Unfortunately, NavBar creation from designs with more than one state is broken in the first Designer 6 release version. This will be fixed as quickly as possible.

[steve.ledger]

Thanks Martin, good news.