Summary of actions

The following table summarizes all the actions provided with Freeway:

Category Name Type Description
Window Link to New Window Item Displays a pop-up window when the user clicks a graphic item.
Pic to New Window Item Displays an image in a pop-up window.
Text Link to New Window Object Displays a pop-up window when the user clicks a text link.
Pop-up Window Page Displays a pop-up window when the page is opened.
Self Closing Pop-up Window Page Makes a pop-up window close automatically when the user browses to another page.
Trigger Blast Timer Page Sends a trigger to an item at a specified delay after the page is opened.
Random Rollover Item Reveals or hides graphic items and sends a random trigger when the user points to or clicks a graphic item.
Rollover Item Reveals or hides graphic items and sends a trigger when the user points to or clicks a graphic item.
Random Sequence Page Sends a random sequence of triggers after the page is opened.
Sequence Timer Page Triggers a sequence of items after the page is opened.
Text Rollover Object Triggers an item after the user points to or clicks a text link.
Slave Slave Image Item Displays one of up to 20 images when triggered by another action.
Slave Load Frame Page Loads a page into a frame when triggered by another action.
Slave Show/Hide Image Item Shows or hides an image when triggered by another action.
Slave Show/Hide Layer Item Shows or hides a layer when triggered by another action.
Redirection Timed Redirect Page Redirects the user to another page after a specified time delay.
Version Redirect Page Redirects the user to another page depending on the version number of their browser.
Layer Move Layer Item Animates a layer.
Other Country List Object Adds a menu of countries to a form.
Current Date Object Displays the current date.
Navigation Pop-up Object Allows the user to navigate to other pages by selecting them from a pop-up menu.
No Cache Page Prevents a page from being cached by the browser.
Content Acrobat Object Downloads an Adobe Acrobat file when the user clicks a text link.
Acrobat Icon Item Downloads an Adobe Acrobat file when the user clicks a graphic item.
Background Sound Page Plays a sound when the page is loaded.
Director Object Embeds a director file in the page.
Download File Object Downloads a file when the user clicks a text link.
Download Icon Item Downloads a file when the user clicks a graphic item.
Flash Extras Item Embeds a Flash movie in the page.
QuickTime Extras Item Embeds a QuickTime movie in the page.
Navigation Menu Bar Item Allows you to define a menu bar for navigation based on a table item.
Navigation Bar Object Automatically creates a navigation bar to allow the user to navigate to the other pages on the site.
Site Map Object Automatically creates a site map showing the structure of the site and allowing the user to navigate to any page.
Navigation Map Item Allows you to convert an HTML item into a navigation map.
Buttons Buttons Item Converts a graphic item into a button with a 3D appearance.
Graphics Advanced Fade Item Applies a horizontal or vertical fade to an image.
Blur Item Blurs an image.
Chroma Key Item Makes specified colors in an image transparent to allow you to cut it out from its background.
Hue Rotate Item Changes the hue of an image.
Impress Item Gives an image an embossed appearance.
Linear Blur Item Applies a speed blur to an image.
Saturate Item Adjusts the color saturation of the image.
Sharpen Item Sharpens the image.
Solarize Item Gives an image the appearance of an overexposed or underexposed photograph.
Watermark Item Applies a selected graphic to an image as a watermark.
Duotone Item Converts the image to a two-color duotone or three-color tritone.
Fade Item Fades the image horizontally or vertically.
Fill Master Item Allows you to draw geometric shapes with graduated fills and borders within a graphic item.
Photo Frame Item Adds a frame effect to an image.
Photo Magic Item Provides a variety of image adjustments including color, brightness, and contrast.
Posterize Item Reduces the number of levels in an image.
Scan Lines Item Adds a mesh appearance to an image.

The Type column identifies the type of action, which can be Object, Item, or Page.

To add an object action

Either:

Or:

Object actions are shown as an object on your page, and you can move or resize the object to determine how it will appear:

To apply an item action

Item actions are applied to a selected item on the page. Most item actions can be applied to a graphic item. Some item actions can also be applied to other items, such as HTML items or table items.

When an action is applied to an item, the name of the action is displayed in the top left corner of the item:

To apply a page action

Page actions affect the current page in your site.

The name of the action will be displayed in the top left corner of the page:

To apply multiple actions

You can apply multiple actions to a single item or page. The actions will be listed in the top left corner of the item:

The Actions palette shows a tab for each action, and you can click the corresponding tab to display or edit the parameters for that action:

To remove an action


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