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Jan 11

How to make frameset highlight menu?

This is a frameset page including iframe and wonderful DHTML menu. Here displays the iframe content. Click the menu item above to see the picture in the iframe window, and you will find that the item is be activated, which the icon is shining and its background color becomes into blue.

frameset-highlight-menu

Steps:

  1. Create an iframe page in Dreamweaver.
    Select the menu item, add the linked page and Enter the frame name in the target filed in Menu Item > General.
  2. Set the icon for the menu item by type the image’ path in Menu Item Settings > Icon; set the background image in Menu Item > Background; and set the border in Menu Item > Border.
  3. Set the global properties for the whole menu. Check the option “Auto highlight current item”; set text color, Bg colcor, border color, Bg image and icon as the highlighted items style; and check “Clear highlighted item’s link” and “Highlight parent menu item” for the menu in Global > Highlight.