When i click on my button instance, the Text field in the Property Inspector doesn't become available for input. Is there a setting somewhere that i need to set so that it will accept Text input?

kaijakoma wrote:
> When i click on my button instance, the Text field in the Property
> Inspector doesn't become available for input. Is there a setting
> somewhere that i need to set so that it will accept Text input?

Check the Layers panel to make sure the button isn't a bitmap.

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I'm using FW CS3. I don't know how the layers panel can tell me whether or not
the button is a bitmap. My buttons are simple vector rectangles with square
corners. Should my buttons be in the web layer? I try to drag them there and
they won't go. Does anyone know of a tutorial that actually shows how to enter
text in the text field? The documentation i have only says to do it, but
doesn't describe or show how.

Here's what i did to create my button. Perhaps you can find the fault in my
procedure. I laid out text boxes, one for each of my buttons, on a black
background. Then, i created a red vector rectangle for each of my buttons to
go behind the text for my down state. I'm used to creating my button states in
PS, so this was how i was proceding in FW. Then, i read documentation on
creating buttons and nav bars in FW. It took me a while to understand the
process, but what i came away with is that i create the button graphic in the
button editor and then close the button editor and adjust instance-specific
attributes (like button text) from the property inspector (not symbol
properties dialog box). So, i created a row of blank button clones that i need
to put text on so people know what they refer to (home, contact, etc.). I
click on a button and the text field in the property inspector remains
uneditable.

Since i still have my layers of text boxes with my button lables, when i
export to HTML, my buttons come out with the correct labels on them, but
apparently FW should be able to receive button text as part of the button
object itself. I just can't access that functionality over here and have no
idea why.

kaijakoma wrote:

> properties dialog box). So, i created a row of blank button clones that i need
> to put text on so people know what they refer to (home, contact, etc.).

That's where you went wrong. The original button has to have some text
on it, rather than be blank, in order for you to change the text in
other instances of the button.

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That was it exactly!

I went back and added some text to the button. Then I was able to edit the text in each button instance.

Thanks for your .

Regards