Creating a standard menu

To create a standard menu:

  1. Choose Edit > Menus to display the Menus dialog box.
    QuarkXpress db menus for Creating a standard menu

    You can work with standard menus in the Menus dialog box.

  2. To create a menu, click New. The Edit Menu dialog box displays.
    QuarkXpress db edit menu standard Creating a standard menu

    Use the Edit Menu dialog box to configure a standard menu.

  3. To specify a menu as a navigation menu, check Navigation Menu. When an end user chooses an item from a navigation menu, the Web browser will attempt to open the URL specified as the value for that item.
  4. To add an item to the selected menu, click Add. The Menu Item dialog box displays.
    QuarkXpress db menu item standard Creating a standard menu

    The Menu Item dialog box provides controls for configuring a standard menu item.

  5. Enter a name in the Name field. The name will display as an item in the drop-down menu.
  6. Enter a value in the Value field. The way the value is used depends on whether the menu is a navigation menu:
    • If the menu is a navigation menu, choosing an item will cause the Web browser to attempt to open the URL specified in the Value field. Consequently, if the menu is a navigation menu, make sure the value in the Value field is a valid URL.
    • If the menu is not a navigation menu, choosing the item simply means that the value in the Value field will be sent to the Web server along with the rest of the form data when the form is submitted.
  7. To specify that the menu item should be selected by default, check Use As Default.
  8. Click OK to close the Menu Item dialog box.
  9. Click OK to close the Edit Menu dialog box.
  10. Click Save to close the Menus dialog box.
Note: If no default item is specified, the first item in the menu or list usually displays as selected in the form (this behavior may depend on the browser).

Creating a standard menu