Lesson 9. Creating Layers

A layer is a rectangular container for HTML content that you can position at an exact location in the browser window. Layers can contain a wide variety of elements: text, images, tables, and even other layers. Anything you can place in an HTML document you can also place in a layer. Layers are especially useful for placing elements atop each other or making them overlap. Layers are supported by 4.0 or later browsers only. They can control layout and appearance when used in combination with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and they provide interactivity when used in combination with behaviors.

In this lesson, you will learn several ways to create layers in Dreamweaver. You will draw a layer on the page to the size you want ...

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