TechNote (Archived)

Simple text editing to CSS Popup menus in Dreamweaver will not roundtrip properly with Fireworks

Issue

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Simple text/code edits made to CSS-derived Pop-up Menus (image-based or code-based) in Macromedia Dreamweaver will not be preserved in Macromedia Fireworks.

Reason

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Editing CSS Pop-up Menus from Fireworks in Dreamweaver is limited in the level of roundtrip support. It is not as robust as the roundtrip support available for the JavaScript-based pop-up menus found in older versions, such as Fireworks MX 2004 and below.

Solution

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If roundtrip functionality is important to you, export the pop-up menus from Fireworks as JavaScript-based pop-up menus instead of CSS.

To generate JavaScript-based pop-up menus, follow these steps when exporting the PNG document:

1. Click the Options button in the Export Dialog box.
2. Deselect the "Use CSS for Popup Menus" and "Write CSS to an external file" options.
3. Click Ok and export the document.

This will allow you to make edits to popup menus in Dreamweaver as long as you deselect thetwo options mentioned above, as the menus will default to the JavaScript popup menus.

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