Just Launched - Xara Web Designer 11

**gwpriester** · 20 May 2015, 12:35 PM

I had a ton of fun putting the First Look together and I think I just scratched the surface of what you can do with the new features. I look forward to seeing how others use the new features.

**Egg Bramhill** · 20 May 2015, 02:57 PM

In Xara Designer Pro X 10 if I alter the colour, size, or font of say some Normal Text style then go to the dropdown menu (which shows a + sign after the style name to indicate a change of style) and click Update Style, all text takes the new attribute and the + sign disappears.

In Web Designer 11 Premium (trial Version) clicking Update Normal text to Match changes the text to the new attribute but the + sign remains against the style name. Is this the correct behaviour?

**bb2** · 20 May 2015, 04:41 PM

Thanks for spotting this. Its been logged for investigation

**dutchim** · 20 May 2015, 06:56 PM

Really liking the new Web Animation feature added... But why does it use a square box as trigger point and not the actual shape of the selected item?

This seems to limit the functionality of this cool feature when used on irregular and/or overlapping shapes.

Hope I wasn't too quick with complaining?! I'm just thrilled Xara came out with a new product

**gwpriester** · 20 May 2015, 07:35 PM

@dutchim - I used a rectangle for my triggers but it can be anything, or nothing. Or an object that is the same color as your background so it is invisible.

Triggers are not necessary. Objects that use Web Animation > Reveal are activated as the area they are in appears in the browser. But a trigger object can give you more control over when the particular reveal action takes place.

**dutchim** · 20 May 2015, 09:22 PM

@gwpriester - I was not necessarily referring to the webpage you put together sir... which by the way is pretty sweet.

Maybe I'm just confused... But didn't we used to be able to have the clickable area of an object be the shape of this object?

Even in 10 (Designer Pro) it creates a square area where the object in question is. (Only the shape as clickable area is available with flash export.)

I thought for sure I had used weird shaped buttons before in the past with only the popup/link be triggered when having the pointer actually over this shape and not the smallest box surrounding this shape.

Please correct me if I am wrong

**gwpriester** · 20 May 2015, 09:27 PM

Egg - Not sure if this will help but Alt + 0176 =°

dutchim - The Mouse-Over link is what I think you are referring to. That is now a Web Animation function (see attached).

**Egg Bramhill** · 20 May 2015, 07:48 PM

If I create a new animation in WD11P and create a circle and Ctrl+Shift+S to open the link properties and click on the Help button no help file is opened?

**Acorn** · 20 May 2015, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill

If I create a new animation in WD11P and create a circle and Ctrl+Shift+S to open the link properties and click on the Help button no help file is opened?

Good catch - the Help button does nothing.

Raised a Dear Xara... - http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...lp-not-working.

Acorn

**Egg Bramhill** · 20 May 2015, 08:28 PM

The help file for Advanced Flash Commands still indicates that Ctrl+Shift+S opens an image of the Web Properties dialogue window where you can select the Mouse Over tab. This hasn't been the case for at least 3 versions, Ctrl+Shift+S only open a Web Link window in WD11P Animation (and XDProX10 for that matter) and only opens the Web Properties window without a Mouse Over in a WD11P in a web page. This section of the help file is totaly confused