Drawing and editing in the active area

The active area of a button, also known as the hit area, is where the rollover is triggered when the pointer is moved over it in a Web browser.

With Set Active Area Automatically selected, the Fireworks automatically creates a slice the size of the bounding box of the button symbol. If you need the active area to be a different size or shape, you can create a slice or hotspot.

Web objects in a button's Active Area tab appear on the Web Layer of the document.

To draw a slice or hotspot Web object:

1 Open the Button Editor.
2 Click the Active Area tab of the Button Editor.
3 Deselect Set Active Area Automatically.
4 Select a Slice or Hotspot tool and draw in the Button Editor.

To edit a button's active area:

1 Open the Button Editor.
2 Click the Active Area tab.
3 Use the Pointer tool, Slice tool, or Polygon Slice tool to move, reshape, or redraw the current active area.