Newbie question re: swapping images

I was able to figure out how to "swap the images" on mouseover, but what I
wanted was if when you click on an area, it stays in that mouseover state.
Does that make sense? I know it's a totaly newbie question, but this is my
first time using Fireworks....

[q]Originally posted by: jjfletcher
I was able to figure out how to "swap the images" on mouseover, but what I
wanted was if when you click on an area, it stays in that mouseover state.
Does that make sense? I know it's a totaly newbie question, but this is my
first time using Fireworks....[/q]
Your question makes sense, and you should be able to do what you want. You
don't want a "swap images," though. Usually, an image swap is to change the
image when the user's mouse passes over a section of your design so he or she
gets the message, "Hey! You can click here!" The image then changes back
to the original when the mouse moves out of the image boundary. Clicking then
activates a link.

The way this behavior is implemented is with the programming language
JavaScript. (Fireworks writes this for you and the browser runs it.) JavaScript
has something called "event handlers," which are built in functions that can be
called when the user does something. To swap an image, the event handlers are
named onMouseover and onMouseout (onMouseover, swap the image; onMouseout, swap
it back). You need a different event handler; you want to use the onClick event
(onClick, change this image).

I don't use Fireworks code (Fireworks is a graphics program, not a Web
development environment - it's recommended only for prototypes), so I've never
been in that part of the menus. See if you can change the behaviors you apply
to your images. If you have trouble, post back because someone else will
certainly come along!

jjfletcher wrote:
> I was able to figure out how to "swap the images" on mouseover, but what I
> wanted was if when you click on an area, it stays in that mouseover state.
> Does that make sense? I know it's a totaly newbie question, but this is my
> first time using Fireworks....

Uncheck "Restore image on MouseOut" in the Swap image editor panel.

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kinds of things are much better done in DW.

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"Linda Rathgeber" <lightly@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> jjfletcher wrote:
>> I was able to figure out how to "swap the images" on mouseover, but what
>> I wanted was if when you click on an area, it stays in that mouseover
>> state. Does that make sense? I know it's a totaly newbie question, but
>> this is my first time using Fireworks....
>
> Uncheck "Restore image on MouseOut" in the Swap image editor panel.
>
> --
> Linda Rathgeber - Adobe Community Expert for Fireworks
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> http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/members/8.html
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