Infinite
Canvas Adding A Convenient Navigation
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General
One major drawback of html-based comics is that their navigation can be very annoying. With "Free Navigation" Infinite Canvas provides an improved way to let users freely explore your comic. But the real innovation is the use of Navigation Frames.
Free Navigation Free Navigation is the original way of navigating online comics. Using the mouse or the cursor-keys you can freely move around the infinite canvas. No barriers will disturb your exploratory urge and you can even rotate and zoom the canvas. Implementing "Free Navigation" is quite easy. Just select it from the navigation preferences. To specify a start-point with the proper scaling you can use a Navigation Frame, but this is optional. For more Information about Navigation Frames just read on. Navigation Frames If you want to restrict the way users navigate your comic, the use of Navigation Frames should be your choice. Navigation Frames are quadratic areas of the canvas. They can have any size or rotation and specify the part of the canvas, which is seen on screen. Creating Navigation Frames Manipulate Navigation Frames
Navigation Trails Navigation Trails are the missing link between your numerous Navigation Frames. They are like directed edges in a graph and connect one frame with an other. Creating and manipulating a Navigation Trail works like creating a "normal" Trail. To work properly, a Navigation Trail has to start on a Navigation Frame or on an Hot Spot and has to end on a Navigation Frame. You are able to create "invalid" Navigation Trails, but they are ignored when publishing the comic. It is not possible to create curved Navigation Trails.
Hot Spots Hot Spots (they were called Active Components in previous versions) are rectangular areas of a frame, which let you bring in some interactivity. Let me give you an example. Imagine you have a Panel with a telephone and an Hot Spot positioned above this object. If you click anywhere on the screen the comic follows the Navigation Trail associated with the current Frame. But if you click on the telephone your comic will follow the Navigation Trail associated with the Hot Spot. To create an Hot Spot just select a Navigation Frame and click the "Create Hot Spot"-Button. Now you can resize the Hot Spot inside the bounds of its frame. Adding a Navigation Trail works like Navigation Frames. |