A navigation bar, or nav bar, is a group of buttons that provide links to different areas of a website. It generally remains consistent throughout the site, providing a constant method of navigation, no matter where the user is within the site. The nav bar looks the same from web page to web page, but in some cases, the links may be specific to the function of each page.

In Fireworks, you make a nav bar by creating a button symbol in the Button Editor and then placing instances of that symbol in the workspace.

To create a basic nav bar:

  1. Create a button symbol. For more information, see Creating button symbols.
  2. Drag an instance (copy) of the symbol from the Library panel to the workspace.
  3. Do one of the following to make a copy of the button instance:
    • Select the button instance and select Edit > Clone.
    • Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Macintosh) the button instance.
  4. Shift-drag a button to align it horizontally or vertically. For more precise control, use the arrow keys to move the instance.
  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to create additional button instances.
  6. Select each instance and assign it unique text, a URL, and other properties using the Property inspector.