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Menu Bar
As with most Windows applications, the menu bar contains the commands that are available in DHTML Menu Builder.
Main Toolbar
This toolbar
permits access to the most frequently used functions of DHTML Menu
Builder.
Style Toolbar.
This toolbar allows rapid access to all the dialogs used to change the different appearance style
options of the current project's items.
Tools Toolbar.
Contains the most important features related to the production of the
menus.
Compile: Compiles the current project.
Menus View.
This pane is the workspace where you design and organize your project
items.

Each item is displayed so that you can visualize your groups, commands and separators in an easy way.
Groups are represented by the
icon, commands by the
icon and separators by the
icon.
DHTML Menu Builder will also add several indicators to the items'
icons to let you know which events are configured and active.
A number zero "0" under the icon means that the item will response
to the mouse when its moved over it.
A number one "1" under the icon indicates that the item will
response when the item is clicked.
And a number two "2" indicates that the item will perform some
action when its double-clicked.
An arrow displayed below some of these numbers means that the action is to display another group.
See also: View Modes, Enhanced Map View
Caption
Indicates the actual text
that will be displayed when you view your menus using a browser.
The Caption is very flexible and supports HTML code. By adding HTML
code, you can apply extended
formatting to your items' Caption.
For example, you could use the <br> tag to add a new line to the caption, or use the
<sup></sup> tags to make a character or word appear as superscript.
Enabled
When not checked, the menu item will not respond to mouse events. (Default is checked.)
This is very useful in creating items that display some information but don't perform any action. You can also use this feature to mimic a disabled item.
Events
The items created by DHTML Menu Builder can support three types of events:
Over: Triggered when the mouse is moved over the
item.
Action
Determines the action that will occur when the selected item is triggered.
DHTML Menu Builder supports four different types of events:
(none): No action is performed. The item will not respond to the selected event.
URL / Script or Target Menu
This setting specifies what the item must do when the selected
event is triggered.
Next to the URL/Script textbox you will find three buttons to help you set your links:
When the event type is set to Open URL / Execute Script you can perform several types of actions:
When the event type is set to Display Submenu a list of potential target menus will be displayed. Selecting the target menu will cause it to appear in the box.
When the event type is set to Open URL in
new Window the specified URL will be displayed in a new
browser window and the the
New Window Settings button will be enabled to let you set
the new window properties.
Status Text
Text that will be displayed on the browser's status
bar.
You can optionally select to display this same text as a tooltip by
enabling the "Display Status Text as a tooltip" option from the
Global Settings dialog under the
Extended Features section.
The status text also accepts two variables: %c and %u
Whenever you write %c, it will be changed by the item's caption and
%u will be changed by the item's URL.
Alignment
Specifies the alignment of the displayed menu relative to the hotspot.
Live Preview
Allows you to see how the selected item will appear in your browser.
The Live Preview is updated at the same time you make changes to your items. That way, you always know how your menus will appear without having to go through the process of compiling your project or even previewing.
When a group is selected, the Live Preview shows how the background of the menu will appear. If the toolbar option is selected, the preview will show how the actual toolbar hotspot will appear.
When a command is selected, the Live Preview shows how the selected command will appear against its parent group.
Status Bar
The left side of the status bar provides updated information about the selected
item. The right side shows the currently selected
(default) configuration. Double-clicking the right section allows you to
change the default configuration.
The status bar is also used to display progress when the menus are being compiled.
Commands Layout
Defines the way the commands are positioned. This setting applies to groups only:
Vertical: The commands will be placed one below the other,
forming a vertical menu.
Horizontal: The commands will be placed one next to the other,
forming an horizontal menu.
View Modes
Controls the way DHTML Menu Builder presents your
project's menu structure.
Normal: presents all the groups one beneath the other as independent menus. This is the way DHTML Menu Builder normally displays the menus.
Splitter
Drag the splitter to resize the Tree and Properties panes.
Compile
When disabled, the selected menu item will not be compiled.
This can be useful if you want to exclude some menu items from
your project but without deleting them.
This option will work over toolbars, groups, commands and
separators.
