click the image to see an example of the Pic to New Window action

The Pic to New Window Action can be applied to an image and can open up a new or larger image direct in a popup window. This can be useful for creating gallery effect webpages where a larger picture is launched from a thumbnail image.

To use the Action:

Select the graphic item you want to launch the popup window from then select the 'Link to New Window action from the Item > Actions menu

With the graphic selected, open the Action palette then set the following parameters:

Window Name - The name used to identify the window in which the page is opened.

Image - The image that will load in the popup window. It is recommended that the image is converted to a web ready format such as GIF or JPEG before linking to it.

Width - The width of the popup window that will open

Height - The height of the popup window that will open

Toolbars - Determines whether the new window will have a toolbar

Scrollbars - Determines whether the new window will have a scrollbar

Resizable - Determines whether the new window will be resizable

Use Link - Allows you to open the image in the main window as well as the popup window by selecting Yes and applying a link to the Item in the Hyperlinks dialogue. Selecting No will leave the current page as it is and just open the new window.