Displaying Master Pages by Activating from sub page button

caerdane · **Posted:** January 3rd, 2006, 7:27 pm

I have designed a drop down menu on a master page, which I would like to show on over 200 other pages. To do this I would like to make the master page invisible unless called forward by activating a button on each of these pages. Can anyone help ? Many thanks in advance.

eomc40 · **Posted:** January 3rd, 2006, 9:08 pm

Not sure if that can be implemented. Believe it is an either all or nothing when it comes to master pages, you can't call in the page as per your implementation via button events...

benoit · **Posted:** January 3rd, 2006, 9:23 pm

hi,

you don't have to make your master page invisible.
On your master page the drop down menu is initially hiden and you just have to show it with a script "nameOfTheDropdown.Show()".
(perhaps i have not really understand the problem...)

Benoit

caerdane · **Posted:** January 3rd, 2006, 10:26 pm

Sorry I want the master page to be initially hidden, and then called forward should the button be clicked on.

Clive Cartmel · **Posted:** January 3rd, 2006, 10:56 pm

I think this would be possible if the button calling the menu is also placed on the masterpage. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to manipulate masterpage objects directly from a page. (DW - On my wishlist)

Assuming you have Pro.

Another way of achieving this would be to create a variable that is changed by the calling buttonclick. A script on the masterpage would need to check to see if the variable had changed an if it was in state X - show the menu or state Y - leave the menu hidden.

Another way would be to show/hide an opaque object over the top of the menu as you require it. This is obviously more difficult if you have a complex background

Regards

Clive Cartmel

demofred · **Posted:** January 3rd, 2006, 11:01 pm

Take all your Menu Buttons and put them into a Frame which you set to Initially Hidden. Then create a Button on the Master Page which when Left Clicked makes the Menu Frame Shown. To make all the Menu Buttons disappear, go to the Menu Frame and add a Trigger of Mouse Exit which causes an Action of Hide Menu Frame.

If you set each of your 200 Pages to use this Master Page, they will all have only your one Button visible. You can even set the Master Page to appear on top of your minor Pages, so the Menu Buttons would never be covered.

caerdane · **Posted:** January 4th, 2006, 10:44 am

Many thanks to everyone for the help.

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