Visual QuickStart Guide: Dreamweaver CS6

B2. Using Spry Widgets

In This Chapter

What Is Spry?

Adding Spry Elements

Using the Menu Bar Widget

Using the Accordion Widget

Using the Collapsible Panel Widget

Validating Forms with Spry

Adding Spry Tooltips

Adding Spry Effects

One foundation of “Web 2.0” is widespread user interactivity enabled by extensive use of CSS and JavaScript. This allows applications that run inside a Web browser to offer the kind of responsiveness that was once reserved for native applications.

In Dreamweaver CS3, Adobe added a library of widgets that enable Web builders to make their sites look like cutting-edge destinations. This library—also referred to as a framework—is named Spry. Spry is a collection of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and graphics, the relevant pieces ...