The Jump Menu dialog box opens??”it??™s identical to the Insert Jump Menu dialog box except that
the Go button option is not available.
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Adding Advanced Design Features Part III
Wrapping Graphics Around a Jump Menu
Jump menus are useful in many circumstances, but as a raw form element, they often stick out of a Web
page design like a sore thumb. Some designers solve this dilemma by including their jump menu within a
specially constructed graphic. The easiest way to create such a graphic is to use a program such as Fireworks,
which enables a single image to be sliced into separate parts. The slices are then exported to an HTML file and
reassembled in a table.
When you create your graphic, leave room for the jump menu to be inserted in Dreamweaver. Reserving space
for a jump menu usually entails designating one slice as a nongraphic or text-only slice in your graphics program.
After you bring the HTML into Dreamweaver, insert the Jump Menu object in the empty table cell.
Here are a few pointers for wrapping a graphic around a jump menu:
* Use a flat color??”not a gradient??”as the background for the menu.
* Work with Web-safe colors in the graphics program; they??™re far easier to match in Dreamweaver.
* Set the background color of the graphic to be the background color of the cell of the table holding
your jump menu.
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