Problems with Layers in CS4

Question

I have Dreamweaver CS4 setup on a new Win XP Pro computer
with 1gb of memory.
I was setting up a webpage that would act like a manual
photogallery. The user by clicking on one image could change to the
next image.
Everything was done using AP Div and hiding all the layers
except the first one. This all went well until I tried do two
things.
The first was to Create a Class for the layers called "Hand",
so that when the user moved the cursor over the layer(or image),it
would turn into the hand icon.
Normally I would done this by:
Open the page with the layers, then in code view, put the
cursor on any layer name. In the Property Selector, in the Class
Box choose "Manage Styles". From here I could create a Class named
Hand and apply it to all the layers.
In CS4 this is NOT an option and I need to know how to get to
the option called "Manage Styles". Another option (general) is how
to create a New Class for layers in CS4.
The second problem, was with Behaviors. To change images, I
used "Show-Hide Elements" with trigger being "onClick". That did
NOT work.
That not working, I switched to the trigger "onDblClick".
This did work. Is this a glich in CS4 or something I can fix? I see
this as a minor thing and was just wondering.
BTW Adobe did a nice job grouping the CSS Styles, AP Elements
and Tag Inspector Panels. Saves space and is very nice way to set
it up.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
If needed sample pages can be put on the web to see the
code.

Answer 1

> The first was to Create a Class for the layers called
"Hand", so that when
> the
> user moved the cursor over the layer(or image),it would
turn into the hand
> icon.
Out of the block this means that you are improperly applying
the behavior
directly to the <img> tag rather than to an anchor tag
- <a> - surrounding
an image. All behaviors should be applied to anchor tags
(usually). To fix
this, select the image, and in the BEHAVIORS panel, change
the onclick event
to <A> onclick. That will have the effect of wrapping
the image with an
anchor, and at the same time, moving the behavior call to
that anchor. Do
this for each such image. To change the event, click on the
onclick event
in the event column, and then select the dark arrow to drop a
list of
choices. Now you will not need the custom CSS class, as links
on an anchor
always get the correct pointer by default.
> The second problem, was with Behaviors. To change
images, I used
> "Show-Hide
> Elements" with trigger being "onClick". That did NOT
work.
It should. If you select each individual image's anchor (or
apply the
behavior first, and use the event change I described above)
you should be
fine.
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>I have Dreamweaver CS4 setup on a new Win XP Pro computer
with 1gb of
>memory.
>
> I was setting up a webpage that would act like a manual
photogallery. The
> user by clicking on one image could change to the next
image.
>
> Everything was done using AP Div and hiding all the
layers except the
> first
> one. This all went well until I tried do two things.
>
> The first was to Create a Class for the layers called
"Hand", so that when
> the
> user moved the cursor over the layer(or image),it would
turn into the hand
> icon.
>
> Normally I would done this by:
> Open the page with the layers, then in code view, put
the cursor on any
> layer
> name. In the Property Selector, in the Class Box choose
"Manage Styles".
> From
> here I could create a Class named Hand and apply it to
all the layers.
>
> In CS4 this is NOT an option and I need to know how to
get to the option
> called "Manage Styles". Another option (general) is how
to create a New
> Class
> for layers in CS4.
>
> The second problem, was with Behaviors. To change
images, I used
> "Show-Hide
> Elements" with trigger being "onClick". That did NOT
work.
>
> That not working, I switched to the trigger
"onDblClick". This did work.
> Is
> this a glich in CS4 or something I can fix? I see this
as a minor thing
> and
> was just wondering.
>
> BTW Adobe did a nice job grouping the CSS Styles, AP
Elements and Tag
> Inspector Panels. Saves space and is very nice way to
set it up.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> If needed sample pages can be put on the web to see the
code.
>