Drop Down Menus – Fireworks CS5

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This entry is part 13 of 14 in the series Fireworks CS5 Tutorial

Let us learn how to create a drop down menu in Fireworks CS5.

In a webpage, when we rollover the services we will see 3 more options. It will look like this:

Drop Down Menus - Fireworks CS5

To create a drop down menu in Fireworks CS5, follow these steps:

  • Create a slice for ‘Services’
    Drop Down Menus - Fireworks CS5
  • Right click on the slice and select ‘Add Pop-up Menu’
  • Click on the ‘+’ sign in the pop-up-menu editor to add the required number of sub menu options.
    Drop Down Menus - Fireworks CS5
  • Type the name of each submenu option
    Drop Down Menus - Fireworks CS5
  • Specify the appearance – colors, fonts etc.
    Drop Down Menus - Fireworks CS5
  • Specify whether you want borders or not
    Drop Down Menus - Fireworks CS5
  • Specify the position of the menu
    Drop Down Menus - Fireworks CS5
  • Click the ‘Done’ button
  • It will look like this:
    Drop Down Menus - Fireworks CS5
  • You can drag the box with the 3 submenu items to align it the way you want.

Test the drop down menu

  • Select ‘File’ from the main menu
  • Select ‘Preview in Browser’
  •  Select the browser of your choice to see how it will look in the browser.

Drop down menu Preview

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