The NavBar Type dialog box enables you to set the type and style for Navigation Bars. Each NavBar type can have its own style settings. The Styles Layout preview will display the most commonly used types: NavBars for navigation between Home Page and First Level Pages, and Sequence to All Same Level Pages.
The dialog box has the following sections:
The Navigation
section enables you to select the type of the navigation bar. There are
three types of navigation bars:
- To Other Pages navigation - for navigating through logical pages.
- To Frame-Content Overlays in same page navigation - for navigating through the
Frame-Content Overlays of a frame within the current page. If you select the To Frame-Content Overlays in same page
navigation bar type, you must select the frame in the Target Frame drop-down list. A special type of frame called <Current Frame> is available
in this list. It always points to the frame containing the Navigation
Bar currently being edited. A Navigation Bar pointing to <Current Frame> can be used as
a common object in Headers and Footers.
- To Bookmarks in same Frame-Content Overlay navigation - for navigating through
the bookmarks within the current Frame-Content Overlay.
The Style section enables
you to select the navigation style. You can select the following options:
-
Home Page and First level pages - for navigating through Home page
and its children.
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Siblings of the same parent - for navigating through:
- all the siblings of the current page, if To Other Pages navigation is selected;
- all the Frame-Content Overlays of the Frame, if To Frame-Content Overlays in same page navigation is selected;
- all the bookmarks of the current Frame-Content Overlay, if To Bookmarks in same Frame-Content Overlay navigation is selected.
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All same level pages - for navigating through all
pages on the current level (including siblings).
-
All Children of current page - for navigating through all children
of the current page.
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Sequence to all same level pages - for navigating through sequence of:
- all the siblings of the current page, if To Other Pages is selected;
- all the Frame-Content Overlays of the current Frame, if To Frame-Content Overlays in same page is selected.
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Custom - to any page or frame - for creating custom Navigation Bars. You can select any combination of:
- Logical Pages, if To Other Pages is selected;
- Frame-Content Overlays, if To Frame-Content Overlays in same page is selected.
The options available in this section are based on the
type of Navigation Bar you have selected in the Navigation
section.
If you have selected To Other Pages
navigation, all six options are available.
If you have selected To Frame-Content Overlays in same page
navigation, the options available are based on the Target
Frame you have chosen. If you have selected <Current Frame> as
Target Frame, then three options are available
- Siblings of the same parent, Sequence to all same level pages
and Custom - to any page or frame. Otherwise, only two options
- Siblings of the same parent and Custom - to any page or frame
- are available.