Creating menus > Item Options

 
 


ITEM OPTIONS

The items are the basic commands of your menus. These commands represent the options you want to display on the menus so the users can navigate them.
Items usually perform some action when activated by a user. Items may be activated by moving the mouse over them, by clicking them, or by using combinations of the two available actions.
The type of actions an item can produce are countless, but Web Menu Builder provides an easy-to-use interface to let you implement the most common:
Opening a page (following a link).
Opening another container (this is used to create submenus).
Opening a page in a new browser window.
Sending email.
Running a small JavaScript piece of code.

Items [1]
These are commands that receive and perform actions
Separators [2]
These are simple lines used to separate commands inside a container. Separators do not receive or perform any kind of actions.

    
 

There are two types of items.


Since items are triple-state items, most of the parameters have three settings.
 
 
Since items are triple-state items, most of the parameters have three settings:
Normal [3]
The parameters in this mode apply when the item is not selected.
OnMouseOver [4]
The parameters in this mode apply or become active when the mouse is over the item.
OnMouseClick [5]
The parameters in this mode apply or become active when the item is clicked by mouse.

Below are all the possible attributes supported by an item. These parameters support having tree sets of definitions, each for the tree support event modes, Normal, OnMouseOver and OnMouseClick.

Menu Item Style
The parameters under this section manage the style of the menu item.

    
 

The parameters under this section manage the style of the menu item.
 
 


Items are like frames and as such you can customize the border of these frames.
Border Style [1]
Outset, Inset, Solid or None
Border Width [2]
The border width attribute will let you set, in pixels, the width of this frame
Border Left & Top Color [3]
Border Left & Top Color properties let you customize the color of left and top borders.
Border Right & Bottom Color [4]
Border Right & Botom Color properties let you customize the color of right and bottom borders.
Effects [5]
This property set controls the transparency and glow of the item contents.

Background Color [1]
You can assign a background color of the item's text.

Background Image [2]
Items support image to be used as the background.
Note: When using a background image, the background color is not used and the item is rendered as transparent.

Item Text [3]
You can specify a text of the item.

Image [4]
You can assign an image to the item that can be placed at side of the item text.

"Has submenu" Image [5]
Besides the image parameter you can assign an image to the item that opens a container with submenu.

Flash [6]
In addition to image parameters, Flash can be assigned with an item to prettify and professionalize your menu.

Font [7]
This parameter controls the font type, size and style used to display the item's text.

    
 

The parameters under this section manage the style of the menu item.
 
 


Parameters under the next group let you implement the item's actions:
JavaScript Command - Running a small JavaScript piece of code [8]
URL - Opening a page (following a link) [9]
Target Frame - Specifies browser frame type:
blank, parent, search, self, top [10]
Status Bar Hint - Specifies text that displays in the status bar [11]

You can copy all the parameters mentioned above between three tabs Normal, OnMouseOver, OnMouseClick simply by clicking: "Copy to: Normal, OnMouseOver, OnMouseClick" buttons.