The NavBar Properties dialog box enables you to insert and modify Navigation Bars in your Web Site.

It has two tabs: Type and Style. The contents of the Style tab depend on  settings in the Type tab.

The Type tab enables you to define main characteristics of your Navigation Bar. It has five sections:

The Navigation section enables you to select a type of a navigation bar. There are three types of navigation bars:

The Style section enables you to select a navigation style. You can select the following options:

The options available in this section depend on a type of Navigation bar you have selected in the Navigation section.

If you have selected To Other Pages navigation, all the six options are available.

If you have selected To Frame-Source Overlays in same page navigation, the available options will depend on the Target Frame you have chosen. If you have selected <Current Frame> as a Target Frame, three options are available: Siblings of the same parent, Sequence to all same level pages and Custom - to any page or frame. Otherwise, only two options: Siblings of the same parent and Custom - to any page or frame  are available.

If you have selected To Bookmarks in same Frame-Source Overlay navigation, only the Siblings of the same parent option will be available.

The Type of NavBar section enables you to choose between two types of Navigation bars: Only Text and Image with label. In the case of Only Text navigation bar, links are shown as text lines. It is useful to use a textual browser  to view this page. In the case of Image with label navigation bar, links will be shown as image buttons.

The NavBar Orientation section enables you to select orientation of your Navigation bar. It can be Horizontal or Vertical. The Horizontal navigation bar is used when you want your navigation bar at the top or bottom of your page, usually inside a header or a footer. The Vertical navigation bar is used mostly for left-aligned navigation bars.

The Alignment of NavBar relative to surrounding text section enables you to set alignment of your Navigation Bar on the page. The possible values are:

Vertical Alignment:

Horizontal Alignment:

If you choose Image with label Navigation Bar, all the alignment options except Center are available. If you choose Horizontal and Only Text Navigation Bar, no alignment is available. If you choose Vertical and Only Text Navigation Bar, only Horizontal Alignments are available.

The Style tab enables you to change visual characteristics of your Navigation bar. Contents of this tab depend on settings in the Type tab. It has five general sections:

and also a Preview window which is always zoomed to show all the buttons. In the NavBar Button Groups section, you select button groups. Settings of selected groups are displayed and can be modified in the Style tab.

The the program contains a number of Buttons and Button Groups helping you to modify Navigation bars.

For the To Other Pages navigation, depending on the NavBar Style, the following buttons and button groups are available:

For the To Frame-Source Overlays in same page navigation, depending on the NavBar Style, the following buttons and button groups are available:

For the To Bookmarks in same Frame-Source Overlay navigation, Siblings of the same parent NavBar Style, there is the following button:

If you have selected Custom navigation in the Style section of the Type tab, you can also Add new buttons or Delete existing ones by using appropriate buttons to the right of the NavBar Button Groups section. You can move a button in the list up or down by selecting it and pressing an appropriate button to the right of the NavBar Button Groups section (Up or Down). The check box to the left of a button name enables you to show/hide the button in a Navigation Bar. If you have selected Only Text navigation in the Type section of the Type tab, you will see Separator in the NavBar Button Groups section, which represents a separator between buttons.

The contents of the Button Style section depend on a selection of an Only Text or Image with labels Navigation Bar in the Type section of the Type tab.

If you have selected the Only Text Navigation Bar, the Button Style section will contain the following controls:

You can change properties for text buttons and separators.

If you have selected Image Navigation Bar, the Button Style section will contain the following controls:

The Label section enables you to change a label of a selected button.

You cannot change labels for multiple-object selection (i.e. Children buttons, Sibling buttons, etc.) and separators.

To change a label of a single button, check the Label check box and type in a new label in the box below. Otherwise, a name (or alias, if defined) will be shown on the button. If you have selected Custom navigation in the Style section of the Type tab, you can also change a link of your selected button. You can choose new link from the Link drop-down list.

The Alignment section enables you to change alignment of buttons. It is available only for Vertical Navigation Bars. The alignment has three possible options:

The Spacing section enables you to set spacing between buttons. It is available only for Image with labels Navigation Bars.

For more information on NavBars, see the Inserting Navigation Bars topic.