* Make sure you leave enough height in your graphic to accommodate the jump menu in all
browsers. Netscape displays a standard list/menu form element approximately 24 pixels high on a
PC; try leaving about 30 pixels in your graphic.
* Form elements are drawn by the user??™s operating system and are vastly different on each platform.
Test your designs extensively.
Activating Go buttons
The Dreamweaver jump menu is activated immediately whenever a user makes a selection from the list. So
why would you want a Go button? The Go button, as implemented in Dreamweaver, is useful for selecting
the first item in a jump menu list. To ensure that the Go button is the sole means for activating a jump
selection, you need to remove an attached behavior. Select the jump menu item, open the Behaviors panel,
and delete the Jump Menu event.
Some Web designers prefer to use a non-URL option for the first item, such as Please Select A
Department. When entering such a non-URL option, set the Go to URL (or the value in the List
Value Properties) to javascript:; to create a null link.
The generic Go button is a nice convenience, but it??™s a little, well, generic. To switch from a standard Go
button to a graphical Go button of your choosing, follow these steps:
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