Active Area

Scope

• Book Page content object > Active Area object

Purpose

The Active Area object can be used to define an 'active' area on a Book Page, that results in some action being triggered when it is clicked on or hovered over. This is useful for turning a part of an image or text into a clickable hotspot.

Properties

• ID
• Name
• Text
• Hide Scroll Bars
• Hide
• Border Style
• Tab Index
• Design
  • Font
  • Font Size
  • Font Color
  • Bold
  • Italic
  • Underlined
  • Alignment
  • Vertical Alignment
  • Background Color
  • Border Color
  • Border Width
  • Border Width Top
  • Border Width Right
  • Border Width Bottom
  • Border Width Left
  • Padding
  • Padding Top
  • Padding Right
  • Padding Bottom
  • Padding Left
  • Opacity
• Shadow
  • Show Shadow (remaining properties in this category available when this property is selected)
  • Shadow Color
  • Shadow Opacity
  • Shadow Blur
  • Shadow Spread
  • Shadow Horizontal
  • Shadow Vertical
• Effect
  • Design Roll-Over
  • Background Color
  • Font Color
  • Border Color
  • Design Click
  • Background Color
  • Font Color
  • Border Color
• Size and Position
  • Left
  • Top
  • Width
  • Height
  • Lock Position
  • Layer
• Link
  • Link To
  • Tooltip
  • Open in New Window
  • Enforce Download of Linked Content (Manager)
• New Window Properties
  • Top
  • Left
  • Width
  • Height
  • Fullscreen
  • Location bar
  • Menu bar
  • Scroll bars
  • Resizable
  • Status bar
  • Tool bar
• Actions
  • On Click
  • On Mouse Roll-Over
  • On Mouse Roll-Out
  • On Show
  • On Visible (After Fade In)
  • On Hide
  • On Hidden (After Fade Out)
• Animation
  • Animate In Effect
  • Animate Out Effect
  • Duration: Animate In
  • Duration: Animate Out
• Documentation
  • Show in Documentation

Available Actions

The following Actions can be selected for an Active Area object when it is used as the target of a triggered event:

• Animate In: Display the Active Area using the method defined in the object's Animate In Effect property.
• Animate Out: Hide the Active Area using the method defined in the object's Animate Out Effect property.
• Animate Toggle: Show the Active Area if it is currently hidden, or hide it if it is currently displayed, using the object's Animate In Effect or Animate Out Effect property as appropriate.
• Hide: Hide the Active Area (immediately, without regard to its Animate Out Effect property).
• Show: Show the Active Area (immediately, without regard to its Animate In Effect property).
• Toggle: Hide or show the Active Area (immediately).
• View Link: Open the target of the Active Area object's Link To property (effectively, performing the action that would otherwise be performed if the Active Area itself had been clicked on).