PVII Drop Menu Magic Advanced Current Marker
Link Text Marking Option

Overview

The Link Text option allows you to select the text of any one of the existing links in your Drop Menu Magic menu as the target for the current marker. When the page loads, the system will look for this text in the menu markup. If a match is found it will apply the current marker style class (current_mark) to the menu link.

This feature should only be used on pages that are NOT linked in the menu. The Advanced Current Marker is designed to address current marking only for those pages that are not represented in the menu. If the page does have a corresponding link in the menu then that link will be used by the default current marker instead.

Opening the Advanced Current Marker

To open the interface:

-Click inside the DMM menu that you wish to act on.

-Choose Commands > Studio VII > Drop Menu Magic by PVII > Advanced Current Marker Options...

Choosing the Advanced Current Marker Command

Note: The Advanced Current Marker option will be unavailable (grayed out) if there is no Drop Menu Magic html markup on the page or if you have not clicked on the menu you wish to act on.

The Advanced Current Marker user interface will open.

The Advanced Current Marker Interface

The interface has four options from which to choose. The radio button to the left of each option determines which option is currently active. The default setting is always the second option.

Select the Current Marker Option

-Click on the second radio button to select the Link Text option.

Selecting the Link Text option

Select the Link Text

The Link Text option includes a drop down listing of all of the links in your menu.

For this example, let's assume that you want to highlight the root trigger link that contains Page Three as its text.

-Select Page Three from the drop down list.

Selecting the Page Three link

This tells the system to look for the item in the menu that contains Page Three as its text. When found, the system will apply the special current marker style class to it.

Finished

-Click the OK button to apply the selected Advanced Current Marker to the current page.

Click the OK button

-You can preview and test the menu now.