| You can have an object within your document trigger an alert message window through the use of JavaScript. An alert message is a small dialog box that pops up in the middle of the screen, as shown in Figure 19.16. Figure 19.16. An alert message is a small dialog box that appears in the middle of the screen after something triggers it to pop open.
To add the Pop-up Message behavior, follow these steps: -
Highlight whatever object in the document you want to trigger the Pop-up Message behavior. -
In the Behaviors panel, click the Add Behavior (+) button and from the drop-down menu choose Pop-up Message; this opens the Pop-up Message dialog box, as shown in Figure 19.17. Figure 19.17. Type in whatever message you want to appear in the Pop-up Message window when it opens, based on the highlighted object you set as the trigger.
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Type in any message. This is the message that will populate the alert window. -
Click OK when you're done. You will return to the document. Preview this page in a browser and notice that after you click the trigger, the Pop-up window alerts you with the message you typed into the Pop-up Message dialog box. |