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Changing the shape and style of buttons

iDVD offers a palette of button shapes and styles to give you many choices for designing your menus.

To change the shape of a button:

Step 1

Click the Buttons button in the lower right of the iDVD window.

Step 2

Select the button you want to change by clicking it once.

If you want to change specific buttons on a menu, hold down the Shift key as you select buttons. If you want to change all buttons on a menu, choose Edit > Select All Buttons after you’ve selected the first button. Any changes you make apply to all selected buttons.

Step 3

Select a category of buttons from the pop-up menu at the top of the pane.

Most of the options from the three categories at the top of the Buttons pop-up menu—Text, Bullets, and Shapes—apply just a highlight to the button. This highlight shows only when a user mouses over or clicks the button on the DVD menu. All of the options in the other categories change the shape of the button itself.

Step 4

Click the style of button you want to use.

The buttons on your menu immediately change to the selected style.

Clicking the icon (the grey circle with a slash) at the top of the Buttons pane changes any shape button into a text-only button.

Note: The style of the button label text may change depending on the button style you select. You can change the text style if necessary.

Step 5

If you have chosen a shape button rather than a bullet or line, you can drag a single photo, several photos, or even a video clip to the button to add visual interest.

See Related Links below for more information.

Step 6

With the buttons still selected, press Command-I to open the Button Info window.

Step 7

Slide the Thumbnail slider to change the size of the button shape.

Step 8

To change the highlight color of buttons, deselect all buttons. With your pointer over the menu, press Command-I to open the Menu Info window.

Click the Highlight tool in the Buttons section of the window, and select a new color from the Colors window that opens. Close the window when you are done. The color of bullets, lines, and the highlight around thumbnail buttons changes to the selected color.

To revert to the style of buttons that came with your selected theme, choose Advanced > “Reset Object to Theme Settings” while the buttons are selected.

See Related Links below for information about modifying buttons.

Related Topics

If the highlights on buttons overlap

Adding button transitions

Changing the label (name) of a button

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