Editing instance-level properties

Instance-level properties are edited in the Property inspector when a single instance is selected. You change these properties for an instance without affecting the associated symbol or any other instances of that symbol. These properties typically differ from button to button in a series of buttons:

• An instance's object name, which appears in the Layers panel and is used for naming the exported slices for the button instance upon export
• Live Filters or opacity applied to the entire instance
• Text characters and text formatting, such as font, size, orientation, and color
• URL link (overrides any URL that exists as a symbol-level property)
• Alternate (alt) image description
• Target frame (overrides any target frame that exists as a symbol-level property)
• Additional behaviors assigned to an instance using the Behaviors panel
• The Show Down State on Load option in the Property inspector for instances in a nav bar

  NOTE

  In FireWorks, you need not select the Show Down State on Load option for every button instance in a nav bar. The Document Specific section of the HTML Setup dialog box contains an option called Export Multiple Files. When you select this option and then export a nav bar, FireWorks exports each HTML page with the corresponding button's Down state. For more information, see Setting HTML export options.

  

To edit instance-level properties of a single button symbol instance:

1. Select the button instance in the work area.
2. Set the properties in the Property inspector.