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How to insert a jump menu in Dreamweaver

Jump menus offer a compact pop-up menu for users to navigate to other pages in the current site or to external pages on the Internet. You can also create e-mail links, links to graphics, or links to any file type that can be opened in a browser. To create a jump menu, follow these instructions:

Inserting a jump menu in Macromedia Dreamweaver

Note: The screenshots and menu names may differ slightly according to your product version.

1. Choose Insert > Form Object > Jump Menu. The Insert Jump Menu dialog box will appear, as shown below:
   
   
   
   Note: Because the jump menu is a form item, you should place the menu within a form tag (choose Insert > Form before inserting the jump menu)”even if you are not submitting the form to a script. Form elements without a form tag will fail in Netscape.

2. Selection prompt

   If you want to create a selection prompt, type the prompt text in the "Text" text box. Under Options, select the First Item After URL Change option, then click Plus (+) to add a menu item.
   
   Note: A selection prompt is a category description for the menu items or instructions, such as "Choose One:".
3. Type the text you want to appear in the menu list in the "Text" text box.
4. In the When Selected, Go To URL text box, select the file to open by doing either of the following:
   • Click Browse, then select the file to open.
   • Type the path of the file to open.
5. In the Open URLs In pop-up menu, select a location in which the file will open:
   • Select Main Window to open the file in the same window.
   • Select a frame in which the file will open.
     
     Note: The named frames are listed in this pop-up menu only if the page containing the Jump Menu is opened in its frameset.
6. To add a Go button instead of a menu selection prompt, select (under Options) the Insert Go Button After Menu option.
   
   Note: For more information about the Go button, see Jump menu and Go button options (TechNote tn_15413).
7. To add additional menu items, click Plus (+) and repeat steps 3 through 5.
8. If more than one jump menu is inserted into the document, then each jump menu must be named individually. The Menu Name text box allows for custom naming or incremental default naming.
9. Click OK.

Resources for older version products: Dreamweaver 2

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