Setting button navigation
Each button in a menu must lead to another menu or to a chapter point in a timeline. You set the navigational links of a button and the optional end action override of that link in the Button mode of the Properties palette. If the button layer set includes a thumbnail layer--a layer with the prefix (%)--the button link serves as both the destination of the button and its contents. (See Creating a video thumbnail button and Animating video thumbnail buttons.)
To set button navigation: - Click the Menus tab to activate it.
- In the Menus tab, select the desired menu or double-click the menu to open it in the Menu Editor window.
- Select the button for which you want to set links in either the Menus tab or the Menu Editor window. (In the Menu Editor window you must use the selection tool
, not the direct select tool, so that you select the entire button set.) - Click the Properties tab to activate it (or choose Window > Properties).
- In the Properties palette, select a destination for Link using one of the following methods. Adobe Encore DVD displays the new link in the Properties palette using the format Menu:Button or Timeline:Chapter.
- Choose a menu or timeline from the Link pop-up menu, and then choose the button or chapter point from the submenu that appears. (Choosing Default for a button leaves the default button highlighted on the destination menu.)
Note: The Link pop-up menu lists up to 20 of the most recently used menus and timelines. If the menu or timeline you want is not listed, choose Specify Other from the pop-up menu, as described below. - Choose Specify Other from the Link pop-up menu. Then open the desired menu or timeline folder, and select the button or chapter point. (To display the default button in the linked menu, select the menu name rather than a button.) Click OK.
- Drag the Link pick whip to the desired menu or timeline in the Project tab; or to the chapter point in the timeline or Timelines tab; or to the menu or button in the Menus tab. If you drag to a menu or timeline, rather than a button or chapter point, Adobe Encore DVD sets the button to Default or the chapter to Chapter1.
- If you want to change the end action for the Link set in step 5, select a destination for Override in the Properties palette.
The Button mode of the Properties palette contains the following navigation options: Link Indicates the menu or timeline to switch to when the button is activated, as well as which button is highlighted or at which chapter point to begin in the timeline. Override (Optional) Specifies a link that should override the end action of the menu or timeline to which this button is linked. Default setting is Not Set, which leaves the end action unchanged. (See Understanding end action overrides.)
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