NavBars with different first or last buttons

Sometimes you may want a bar which has different first and last buttons. For example, perhaps a bar with rounded ends but with rectangular buttons in the middle.

NavBars like this need 2 (if just one end should look different) or 3 (if both ends should look different) button designs. Position the button designs in order from left to right as you would like them to appear in a horizontal NavBar. Or from top to bottom as you would like them to appear in a vertical bar. Then select all 3 button designs (along with their mouseover states if they have them) and choose "Arrange" > "Create Navigation Bar".

When you create a bar from more than one button like this, Xara needs to know how you would like those buttons to be used in the bar. Therefore a dialog is displayed, asking you to choose from a range of options.

All buttons the same: Choose this option if you want all the buttons in your bar to be the design of the first button you selected. This is the most common type of NavBar.

First button different: If the first button is to be of a different design to the rest of the buttons in the bar, choose this option.

Last button different: If the last button is to be a different design to the rest of the buttons in the bar, choose this option. An example where this is necessary is a bar which shows a divider between each button in the bar. All but the last button would need the divider to appear on the right of the button design.

The last button in this example is different, it has no divider at the right border

First and last button different: This option allows you to specify different button designs for the first and last buttons, to give your bar end caps. Of course you must have selected at least 3 buttons for this option to be valid.

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