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Web Sticky and Stretchy Objects

Sticky Objects

Some websites have items on the page that stick on screen, and float over the page that
scrolls below, often navigation controls, or social network icons. These tend to be stuck
to the top edge of the browser window, sometimes to the left or right edge, and can’t be
scrolled out of the window. The benefit of sticky objects is that they are always visible. So
you can, for example, have direct access to page navigation without having to scroll up
the page.

You can make most types of object "sticky" whether it's a graphic, a bitmap (photo) or a
text object. And you can also add animations to your sticky objects. See Web animations
(on page 454) for more detail on this.

External links positioned as a sticky object on the far right of a browser window.

To make an object sticky or stretchy, first select it, and then click on the icon
on the WEB PROPERTIES (on page 300) flyout

• or choose the menu option "UTILITIES" > "WEB STICKY/STRETCHY..."
• or just right-click on it, and choose WEB STICKY/STRETCHY... from the dropdown menu.