Special Edition Using Microsoft® Expression® Web

Chapter 23. Using Behaviors

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• Understanding and Working with Behaviors

• Expression Web Behaviors

• Troubleshooting

• Lagniappe: Detecting Browsers

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Understanding and Working with Behaviors

Behaviors were first introduced in FrontPage 2003—Microsoft’s legacy Web design application—as a way to make it easy for Web designers to add interactive and dynamic features to a Web site. You can insert behaviors that range from performing a simple task such as calling a client-side script, to complex tasks such as configuring a DHTML menu for your Web site.

Using the Behaviors Task Pane

Behaviors are inserted from the Behaviors task pane shown in Figure 23.1. The Behaviors task pane is the perfect place for behaviors because ...