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drop down options
The real power of LinkMaster comes from its many options. It gives you full control of what links are displayed, in what order, with what names, headings, graphics and more!

With the Nav Type set to DropDown (the first option in the Properties Palette) the following options are available:

DropDown Type
button only, change only, button and change
Select the action that the user will perform to go to the selected link. e.g. Button only - user must click a 'go' button.

If you select an option that includes button, you will then be able to select from a standard form button, defining the text on it, or you can use your own custom image as the Go! Button.
drop down example with custom button

Top Message
Define the message that will appear at the top of the DropDown. By default it is set to '--Select--', enter your own value in the field at the top of the palette.

Show History
yes, no
This is a great feature of LinkMaster that allows you to create a Link History, giving your user a sense of where they are, and an easy way to navigate through many levels in one click.

With this option selected you can then choose if the link in History for the current page will appear and be active through Parent Self - no, yes, yes-nolink.

Show Current Level
yes, no
Choose if you would like all Pages on the current level of the site tree to be displayed.

If you select yes, a second option Current Self (no, yes, yes-nolink) available. When you are on the current page, you can choose if that link appears at all, or if it will be linked if it does appear.

Show Children
all, immediate, no

For each page you can select how many child pages beneath it will appear in the DropDown. All will display every page beneath the current page. Immediate displays the next level down. No displays no child pages at all.

drop down showing Current Level, Children and History

Link Name
Page Name, Banner Name, Title Name, Button Name
You can control which name will be used for each page. This is very powerful, as you can set custom values for each of these, via Fusion's Custom Name (Page View > Edit > Custom Names)

Fixed Links
yes, no
Fixed Links allow you to add any specified link, internal or external to the DropDown.

When selected, you are also given the option of giving Custom Names (yes, no)to each Fixed Link!

Ignores
yes, no
Often on larger sites
constructing a site tree that is perfectly suited to automated navigation is very difficult. LinkMaster gives you the option to set pages that will be ignored when the navigation is created!

This very powerful feature is not to be confused with the Fusion 'Don't Publish' option.

Section #
Section # allows you to sort the order the groups of links will appear in, in the DropDown. Depending on the options you have chosen up to three sections will be available. Click through the sort options for each section.

Target
Especially useful when using Autoframes, you can determine which location the link page will appear in.

Font Size
Set the font size that will be used in the DropDown. Not all browsers support this setting.


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