3 State Navbar bug in XDP6

**bcire68** · 16 June 2010, 10:11 PM

This is a repeatable bug for me. Create a button with 3 states (MouseDown being the extra state). Do all the normal things, have a shape and some text and I group each layer and soft group all three layers. View the button in the preview and it works just fine. Now try to make your button a navbar and I get the error message below. The crazy thing is if I create the same button in XWD6 and then make a navbar it works just fine. It even works fine in XDP6 if I copy and paste it in as a Xara Document.

See the attached file. The simple button can't be converted to a navbar for me.

Eric

**bcire68** · 17 June 2010, 03:10 PM

I take this back...it has nothing to do with the 3rd state. I can't convert ANY button to a navbar in XDP6.

Create a simple button.
Give it a link so that it previews as a button.
Select it and then click the button to make it a navbar.
You get the same error message as I did above.

Definitely a bug on two different machines, one running XP and the other Vista.

Eric

**Deltapete** · 17 June 2010, 03:45 PM

Hi all, same problem trying to create a nav bar. I also tried to open a button fron Xara pro 5 buttons gallery without success.
So with no buttons available in the Design gallery (not available in trial version even though I have bought and registred), is it possible to create a working navbar from scratch?
Regards, Peter

**Soquili** · 17 June 2010, 04:08 PM

Eric I'm not sure what I'm doing differently than you, but the attached is your file with a new button add. The Create Navbar function worked without an error message.

I'm using Xara Designer Pro 6 on Vista Ultimate.

**Deltapete** · 17 June 2010, 04:23 PM

Bill, I too downloaded Eric's xar file and got the same message as him?
Would you please verify if you can import / open a button from the XXP5 button gallery to make a Navbar with.
Many thanks, Peter
PS I am using Windows 7 home premium 64 bit if that makes a difference.

**bcire68** · 17 June 2010, 04:29 PM

Hi Bill,

Yup. From your button I can create the navbar without any problems. But can you create a navbar from mine?

I am having this problem on two separate machines. One is Vista (enterprise I would guess as it is a work computer) and the other is XP.

If I wasn't having the problem on two machines, I would think it was a problem with my setup.

Eric

**Soquili** · 17 June 2010, 04:46 PM

Eric I cannot create a navbar from your button until I remove the soft group and select only the button on the MouseOff layer.

Pete, I'll need to do a test. I've never used the supplied templates.

**Soquili** · 17 June 2010, 04:50 PM

Pete there is a bug in the Design Gallery. The problem is being looked into.

I have registered Designer Pro 6 yet get a message that the "Design is not included in the trial".

**Deltapete** · 17 June 2010, 05:46 PM

Bill, re the navbar situation, if you create a button with grouped text, no mouseoff layer the navbar creation works, but not if there is a soft-grouped mouseoff layer?
Peter

**Soquili** · 17 June 2010, 06:17 PM

The grouped shape and text to be used for a button/navbar must be on the MouseOff layer.

Select the group and then Create Navigation Bar.

After the navbar is created you can then begin making MouseOver and MouseDown layer images if you want.