Setting a floating box’s initial visibility
You can specify that the contents of a floating box be initially invisible when the document is opened in a browser. Later, a script can make the floating box contents visible as a result of some event, such as the user clicking a link.
You can specify any of four initial states for the visibility of a floating box’s contents:
- Show: The contents are initially visible.
- Hide: The contents are initially invisible.
- Inherit: The initial visibility of the contents is the same as that of the floating box’s parent element.
- Default: (same as Show)
Even if the contents of a floating box are invisible, the floating box takes up space exactly as if its contents were visible.
To set a floating box’s initial visibility
- Double-click the floating box’s outline or floating tag markA small icon, visible only in Edit mode, that marks the location of a floating box in the document. to select it.
- On the Floating Box Properties dialog box, click the Visibility box and select an option.
To select a hidden floating box
You cannot select a hidden floating box by clicking its outline, because the outline is also hidden. To select a hidden floating box, click the corresponding floating box mark. (If the display of special tag marks is off, turn it on by clicking Show/Hide Special Tag Marks on the Display group of the View menu.) The floating box will become temporarily visible as long as it is selected.