1. Home
  2. Computing & Technology
  3. Web Design / HTML

Dreamweaver Behaviors

A List of the Pre-Installed Dreamweaver Behaviors and Their Actions

By Jennifer Kyrnin, About.com

Dreamweaver CS3

Dreamweaver CS3

Image courtesy Adobe

Dreamweaver has a bunch of pre-written behaviors for some of the most common scripts that are used on Web pages. And if you can't find one that does exactly as you want, you can download additional ones as Dreamweaver extensions.

  • Call JavaScript - This behavior will assign a custom script to your event
  • Change Property - Changes an object's properties such as the background color or the size of an image, form element or layer
  • Check Browser - Allows you to redirect a user to a specific Web page based on the browser version
  • Check Plugin - Verify that specific plugins are installed in the browser
  • Control Shockwave or FlashSet Shockwave or Flash movies to play, stop, rewind, or go to frame
  • Drag Layer - Sets up layers to be draggable
  • Go to URL - Sets a URL for the browser to open, such as to load dynamic frames
  • Hide Pop-up Menu - Hides a pop-up menu created by Dreamweaver
  • Jump Menu - Creates a jump menu - a drop-down menu that jumps to various URLs
  • Jump Menu Go - Adds a go button to the jump menu
  • Open Browser Window - Open a new browser window
  • Play Sound - Play a sound file
  • Popup Message - Displays a JavaScript alert box
  • Preload Images - Preloads images for scripts such as the swap image behavior
  • Set Nav Bar Image - Changes the image in a navigation bar
  • Set Text of Frame - Puts text or HTML into a frame
  • Set Text of Layer - Puts text or HTML into a layer
  • Set Text of Status Bar - Puts text into the browser status bar
  • Set Text of Text Field - Puts text into a form text field
  • Show Pop-up Menu - Displays a Dreamweaver pop-up menu
  • Show-Hide Layers - Shows or hides a layer with the visibility property
  • Swap Image - Swap one image for another, such as a rollover image
  • Swap Image Restore - Restores the previous image swap
  • Go to Timeline Frame - Goes to a specific frame in a timeline
  • Play Timeline - Plays a timeline
  • Stop Timeline - Stops a timeline
  • Validate Form - Checks the data submitted in a form
More Web Design / HTML Quick Tips

Explore Web Design / HTML

More from About.com

  1. Home
  2. Computing & Technology
  3. Web Design / HTML
  4. HTML Editors and Software
  5. HTML Editors
  6. Dreamweaver
  7. Dreamweaver Tips
  8. Dreamweaver Behaviors - Pre-written Dreamweaver Behaviors

©2008 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.