Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2014 v.13 - Manual (Page 438)

Jump menus
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About jump menus
Insert a jump menu
Edit jump menu items
Troubleshooting jump menus
Note: The user interface has been simplified in Dreamweaver CC and later. As a result, you may not find some of the options described in this
article in Dreamweaver CC and later. For more information, see
this article .
About jump menus
A jump menu is a pop-up menu in a document, visible to your site visitors, listing links to documents or files. You can create links to documents in
your website, links to documents on other websites, e-mail links, links to graphics, or links to any file type that can be opened in a browser.
Each option in a jump menu is associated with a URL. When users choose an option, they are redirected (“jump”) to the associated URL. Jump
menus are inserted within the Jump Menu form object.
A jump menu can contain three components:
(Optional) A menu selection prompt, such as a category description for the menu items, or instructions, such as “Choose one”.
(Required) A list of linked menu items: a user selects an option and a linked document or file opens.
(Optional) A Go button.
Insert a jump menu
1. Open a document, and then place the insertion point in the Document window.
2. Do one of the following:
Select Insert > Form > Jump Menu.
In the Forms category of the Insert panel, click the Jump Menu button.
3. Complete the Insert Jump menu dialog box and click OK. Here is a partial list of options:
Plus and Minus buttons Click Plus to insert an item; click Plus again to add another one. To delete an item, select it and click Minus.
Arrow buttons Select an item and click the arrows to move it up or down in the list.
Text Type the name of an unnamed item. If your menu includes a selection prompt (such as “Choose one”), type it here as the first menu
item (if so, you must also choose the Select First Item After URL Change option at the bottom).
When Selected Go To URL Browse to the target file or type its path.
Open URLs In Specify whether to open the file in the same window or in a frame. If the frame you want to target doesn’t appear in the
menu, close the Insert Jump Menu dialog box and name the frame.
Insert Go Button After Menu Select to insert a Go button rather than a menu selection prompt.
Select First Item After URL Change Select if you inserted a menu selection prompt (“Choose one”) as the first menu item.
Edit jump menu items
You can change the order of items in the menu or the file an item links to, and you can add, delete, or rename an item.
To change the location in which a linked file opens, or to add or change a menu selection prompt, you must apply the Jump Menu behavior from
the Behaviors panel.
1. Open the Property inspector (Window > Properties) if it isn’t already open.
2. In the Document window’s Design view, click the jump menu object to select it.
3. In the Property inspector, click the List Values button.
4. Use the List Values dialog box to make your changes to the menu items, and then click OK.
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