Can you apply pop menu to text created in DreamweaverMX?

[all alone]

I have version Dreamweaver MX, version 6. I can only apply Show Pop Menu to an image - is there any way I can apply this behavior to text created in Dreamwaver?

[bigj9901]

I have MX 04 and can do it if the text is a link.

[lmohn]

Hello. I just had to remind myself how to do this. As you've found, DW won't
let you add a behavior (pop-up menu items) to text, so if you want to make a
horizontal navigation bar, for example, with text headings like "News" and
"Events" that drop down with link selections, you need to make what is called a
NULL LINK, then highlight the text (that is now a "fake link," for lack of a
better way to put it) and add the on-mouseover behavior to it.

There are two options for adding a null link: 1) Using a # sign in the link
area of the Properties box, or 2) Putting javascript:; in the link area. The
second is preferred, per DreamWeaver. When you do that, the text itself (News
and Events, in the example above) will have the traditional underline on it of
a link, so to remove this (since users are not going to click on those words,
you just want them to mouseover them then have the behavior make the dropdown
or pop-up menu items they can click appear), you need to add a bit of code in
HTML view, per the notes below for both options. The first part beginning with
the "a href" is all you need to be concerned with...DW writes in the rest of
the onMouseOver="MM_showMenu...code. You just need to make sure that you add in
style code after the a href null link code (style="text-decoration:none;
color:white" ). I chose white for the text color because my navigation
background was dark green. Hope this helps and made some sense.

1) <a href="javascript:;" style="text-decoration:none; color:white"
onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0725154937 _0,0,19,null,'link1')"
onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout();">News</a>

2) <a href="#" style="text-decoration:none; color:white" name="link3"
id="link2"
onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_0725154937 _0,0,19,null,'link3')"
onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout();">Events</a>

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[all alone]

Your explanation was very thorough. Thanks for taking the time to explain it so clearly. It worked! :sun;

[all alone]

I can make this work if I use behaviors for Netscape 6 and above. What is the common standard nowadays for browsers? Can't find this info on WebMonkey.

[all alone]

I can make this work if I use behaviors for Netscape 6 and above. What is the common standard nowadays for browsers? Can't find this info on WebMonkey.