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:
- To Other Pages navigation: for navigating through logical pages.
- To Frame-Source Overlays in same page navigation: for navigating through the
Frame-Source Overlays of a frame within a current page. If you select the To
Frame-Source Overlays in same page navigation bar type, you must select a frame in the
Target Frame drop-down list. A special type of frame called <Current
Frame> is available in this list. It always points to a frame that contains a Navigation
Bar currently being edited. A Navigation Bar pointing to <Current
Frame> can be used as common object in Headers and Footers.
- To Bookmarks in same Frame-Source Overlay navigation: for navigating through
bookmarks within a current Frame-Source Overlay.
The Style section enables you to select a navigation style. You can select the
following options:
- Home Page and First level pages: for navigating through Home page and its
children.
- Siblings of the same parent: for navigating through:
- all siblings of a current page, if To Other Pages navigation is selected;
- all Frame-Source Overlays of a Frame, if To Frame-Source Overlays in same page
navigation is selected;
- all bookmarks of a current Frame-Source Overlay, if To Bookmarks in same Frame-Source
Overlay navigation is selected.
- All same level pages: for navigating through all pages on a current level
(including siblings).
- All Children of current page: for navigating through all children of a current
page.
- Sequence to all same level pages: for navigating through sequence of:
- all siblings of a current page, if To Other Pages is selected;
- all Frame-Source Overlays of a current Frame, if To Frame-Source Overlays in same
page is selected.
- Custom - to any page or frame: for creating custom Navigation Bars. You
can select any combination of:
- Logical Pages, if To Other Pages is selected;
- Frame-Source Overlays, if To Frame-Source Overlays in same page is selected.
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:
- Baseline, when the bottom of a Navigation Bar is aligned with the base of
your text
- Middle, when the middle of a Navigation Bar is aligned with the middle of
a line
- Top, when the top of a Navigation Bar is aligned with the tallest object
of your text
- Bottom, when the bottom of a Navigation Bar is aligned with the lowest
object of your text
Horizontal Alignment:
- Left, when a Navigation Bar is aligned to the left of a page
- Center, when a Navigation Bar is centered
- Right, when a Navigation Bar is aligned to the right of a page
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:
- Home and First level pages style NavBar:
- Home Page button: a button pointing to the Home Page
- First Level buttons: a group of buttons pointing to all available
first-level pages
- Siblings of the same parent style NavBar:
- Sibling buttons: a group of buttons pointing to all siblings of a current
page
- Parent button: a button pointing to the parent page of a current page
- Self button: a button pointing to the current page itself
- All same level pages style NavBar:
- Sibling buttons: a group of buttons pointing to all same level pages
- Parent button: a button pointing to the parent page of a current page
- Self button: a button pointing to the current page itself
- All Children of current page style NavBar:
- Parent button: a button pointing to the parent page of a current page
- Children buttons: a group of buttons, pointing to all the children of a current
page
- Sequence to all same level pages style NavBar:
- First button: a button pointing to the first page in a sequence of siblings
- Previous button: a button pointing to the previous page in a sequence of siblings
- Self button: a button pointing to the current page itself
- Next button: a button pointing to the next page in a sequence of siblings
- Last button: a button pointing to the last page in a sequence of siblings
- Custom - to any page or frame style NavBar:
- Button: a button pointing to any logical page in your site
For the To Frame-Source Overlays in same page navigation, depending on the
NavBar Style, the following buttons and button groups are available:
- Siblings of the same parent style NavBar:
- Sibling buttons: a group of buttons, pointing to all the siblings of a current
page
- Self button: a button pointing to the current page itself. It is available only
for <Current Source> Frame-Source Overlays
- Sequence to all same level pages style NavBar:
- First button: a button pointing to the first Frame-Source Overlay in frame
- Previous button: a button pointing to the previous Frame-Source Overlay in a
frame
- Self button: a button pointing to the current Frame-Source Overlay in a frame
- Next button: a button pointing to the next Frame-Source Overlay in a frame
- Last button: a button pointing to the last Frame-Source Overlay in a frame
- Custom - to any page or frame style NavBar:
- Button: a button pointing to any Frame-Source Overlay in a frame
For the To Bookmarks in same Frame-Source Overlay navigation, Siblings of the
same parent NavBar Style, there is the following button:
- Bookmarks: a group of buttons pointing to all Bookmarks in a current
Frame-Source Overlay
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:
- Font Size drop-down list, which enables you to change size of a link font.
- Bold, Italic, Underline check boxes, which enable you to change
style of a link font.
- Color button, which enables you to change color of a link font.
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:
- Font button, which brings a dialog box enabling to change properties of a label
font.
- Horizontal Alignment control, which enables you to change horizontal
alignment of a button label. The Horizontal Alignment has five possible options:
- Above, which places a label above a button image. A number to the right shows
distance from the top of a button image.
- Top, which places a label at the top of a button image. A number to the right
shows distance from the top of a button image.
- Center, which places a label in the center of a button image.
- Bottom, which places a label at the bottom of a button image. A number to the
right shows distance from the bottom of a button image.
- Below, which places a label below the button label. A number to the right shows
distance from the bottom of a button image.
- Vertical Alignment control, which enables you to change vertical alignment of a
button label. The Vertical Alignment has three possible options:
- Left, which places a label at the left of a button image. The number to the right
shows distance from the left margin of a button image.
- Center, which places a label in the center of a button image.
- Right, which places a label at the right of a button image. A number to the right
shows distance from the right margin of a button image.
- Button Image button, which brings a dialog box enabling you to select an image of
your button from button libraries.
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.