Close Pop-up Automatically

[Acorn]

Going with the simplest (for me) method.
No (lock) in the layer name.
Copy profile pic (link 'button') and paste in place on pop-up layer with popup:close typed in Utilities > Web Properties > Link > Link To Web or Email Address
Add 99% transparency

I can now simply copy/paste onto the rest, sit back with a beer and toast siran for saving me 10 minutes on this job and educating myself and others for future use.

Its disadvantage as mntioned by @siran is the clicked item remain in-focus or is the target until you move the pointer (or thumb) slightly.

For that reason, I usually choose the javascript: void $('.<ClassName>').fadeToggle(timed); approach.
Its downsides are you need jQuery loaded but this is usually not an overhead as it is invoked by a lot of Xara events already. You have to name everything you want to "pop-up" with a ClassName. You are introducing code to initially hide the "pop-up" and to toggle thereafter.

My second approach is to use the undocumented popup: mechanism.
To get a fade in/out effect you have to name the popup layer with a fade parameter, e.g., 'pu (fade 1)'.
The MouseOff trigger becomes 'popup: open "pu (fade 1)"'.
On the "pu (fade 1)" layer, its trigger is simply 'popup: close'.
Xara does the rest.

You still have the in-focus/target issue.

Rather than just a transparency shape, I usually clone the under image and change the transparency type for different effects.

I have made the original Covoxer Tweaks Thread sticky again for reference as it is still valid.

acorn

[Chris M]

I used the second method, Acorn, but let Xara look after the layer animation Utilities > Web Properties > Link > Pop-Up Layer > Settings.

I considered popuppen, but didn't see an advantage over letting Xara do the job in this case. Now if the layer had sticky objects that breaks Xara's reveal animations I would have.

The javascript has too many different elements in too many different places for this simple job. Manipulating code doesn't come naturally to me. When I use it, I use it by blindly pasting stuff where I'm told and hope the Pixi dust doesn't blow away.

[behzad]

I hate popups, but had to do one for a client. clearsoundhearing.ca

[Chris M]

I hate popups, but had to do one for a client. clearsoundhearing.ca

The pop-ups here are for further information, pop-up is really the wrong term. I have (will have) 15 profile pictures of DJs on the books for an event organisation. Click/tap the pic and the DJs resumé comes into play. One of the groups competitors has each resumé opening a separate page which requires opening the menu, clicking the link to return to the artists page, then scrolling down to where you left off...not good.

I went for the pop-up layer so that the customer is right where they left off when they close any particular resumé. The only issue I had was on the mobile site because the profile pic covered a large amount of the tappable screen and it re-opened as soon as it was closed ('button' in focus). I was opting for adding (lock) to the end of each layer name, then adding popup:close on the layers content link properties. It would work fine, but I wondered if there was an easier/cleaner/quicker way to achieve the same result.

[Boy]

I hate popups, but had to do one for a client. clearsoundhearing.ca

I find that an effective use of the popup. Took me a while, though, to discern there was a picture of a person with a facial mask included.