## Tools

The tools allow you to create or manipulate the different types of item you work with in Freeway. The following table describes the function of each tool:

### Standard tools

Tool | Description | What it does
| Back/Forward | Steps between recently visited pages.
| Select tool | Selects or manipulates items or edits text.
| Zoom tool | Zooms in and out of the Freeway window to change the scale of what you are working on.
| CSS Layout | Specifies whether new items added to the page use CSS layers or invisible tables (compatible with older browsers).
| HTML | Draws an HTML item on your page, to enter HTML text in your site.
| Table | Draws a table on your page, with a specified number of rows and columns.
| Action | Adds a Freeway action to the page.
| Graphic | Draws a rectangular graphic item on your page, to add a graphic image or GIF text.
| Oval | Draws a graphic item with an oval outline.
| Map Area | Draws rectangular clickable areas on images.
| Rotate | Rotates graphic items.
| Flow tool | Links two HTML or graphic items together so that text can flow between them.
| Inspector | Displays or hides the Inspector palette.

### Optional tools

These are available from submenus on the standard tools, or you can add them to the toolbar using the Customize Toolbar... option on the View menu.

Tool | Description | What it does
| Separator | Adds a dividing line to the toolbar.
| Space | Adds a space to the toolbar.
| Flexible space | Adds a space that right-aligns subsequent tools.
| Customize | Displays the Customize Toolbar dialog box.
| Break Flow | Unlinks HTML or graphic items that have been linked with the Flow tool.
| Path | Draws a graphic item with an arbitrary outline constructed from straight lines or smooth curves.
| Button | Adds a button to a form.
| Checkbox | Adds a checkbox to a form.
| Radio | Adds a radio button to a form.
| Text Field | Adds a text field to a form.
| Menu/List | Adds a pop-up menu or list item to a form.
| Text Area | Adds a text area to a form.
| Oval Map Area | Creates an oval clickable area on an image.
| Path Map Area | Creates a clickable area with an arbitrary outline on an image.
| Skew | Skews graphic items.
| Mirror | Mirrors graphic items.
| Styles & Colors | Displays or hides the Styles and Colors palette.

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