Dynamic buttons and text

Dynamic buttons change appearance when the user moves the mouse pointer over them; this is referred to as a rollover. Rollover text is similar, and changes appearance when the user moves the mouse pointer over it.

To create rollover buttons

The items will be aligned into a stack with them still selected:

This allows you to specify which image should be displayed for each of the conditions: Normal, MouseOver, and Click.

Initially there is a checkmark against each image in the Normal column, so the images are all visible in the normal state.

You can click each column heading to preview the graphic corresponding to that state.

You can now preview the effect of your rollover button:

You can also use the Rollover action to trigger slave images; see Slave images and layers.

To create a text rollover

The Text Rollover action can be used to trigger slave effects when the mouse moves over a text link.

A text rollover action will be inserted at the insertion point.

You have specified that the rollover action will send trigger 1 to slave group Indigo. The next step is to define a slave to be triggered.

A typical use of the text rollover is to display a hidden picture when the user moves the mouse pointer over the text.

The image will now be displayed when the user moves the mouse pointer over the text rollover:

If you also want the text rollover to act as a hyperlink, you can define it as a link in the usual way by selecting it and then using the Edit Hyperlink dialog box.


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