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Alex Jones
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Monday 01 December 2003 7:55:21 am
One Quick note, if you are looking at the source code of the site I posted, all of the menu DIVs are at the bottom of the code. Alex
Alex
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Mark Marsiglio
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Thursday 02 December 2004 5:34:58 pm
Alex, Did you ever get a chance to finish out this menu? I did not see the javascript code or CSS anywhere else, but I am not sure if I am missing it. It sure would be helpful for the project i am working on right now if it is available...if not the code you provided already will be a good start.
Thanks
Mark
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Turning Ideas Into Strategic Solutions
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Alex Jones
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Friday 03 December 2004 7:35:56 am
I'm afraid I haven't provided a contribution for this, for several reasons, the foremost of which is time. Sorry. :( I would recommend you adapt the code I provided above to fit the structure of your chosen menu code. If you haven't decided what to use to control the drop downs, here are a couple of recommendations:
<b>Son of Suckerfish Dropdown Menus</b>
Accessible, and only needs 12 lines of JavaScript.I haven't used them yet, but have heard great things.
Site: http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/
Example 1: http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/example/
Example 2: http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/example/vertical.html
<b>TwinHelix FreeStyle Menus</b>
This is a newer version of the script I use on www.agrussell.com. Note, if you want to use it without providing a visible link to the TwinHelix site, you need to make a donation. Personally, I think it is well worth it, as the developer was very responsive and has produced some great code.
What I like about this script over Suckerfish is the delay before a menu disappears. The Suckerfish menus seem a bit too abrupt as they disappear the instant the cursor isn't over them.
Site: http://www.twinhelix.com/dhtml/fsmenu/
Example: http://www.twinhelix.com/dhtml/fsmenu/demo/ Hope that helps. One day, I'll try to put a contribution together.
Alex
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Xavier Dutoit
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Saturday 04 December 2004 1:10:54 am
I don't think the div are the right thing to do to represent a menu. After all, a menu is a multilevel list of links, isn't it ? I've used this code http://www.csscreator.com/menu/multimenu.php and it works fine. You just need to use css for xhtml compatible browsers and a 10 lines javascript program deals with ie. For the template code, I simply used three imbricated section loop. X+
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Marco Zinn
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Saturday 04 December 2004 6:54:11 am
Hi Folks,
just another link:
Eric Meyer (CSS-Guru) shows off a very nice "pure CSS" menu here:
http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/menus/demo.html
I was very impressed by this. It's using nested lists (ULs and LIs) with CSS 2. This means, that the "pure CSS" version does not work (menu's don't popup) in IE's . This is a design-design of Eric, as he wanted to show off a pure CSS solution without the usuall JS stuff. This might be usefull for site, which can rely on the users having Gecko-Powered browser (like Firefox) or as a starting point for a CSS+JS menu based on lists rather than divs.
Marco
http://www.hyperroad-design.com
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Alex Jones
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Saturday 04 December 2004 7:37:23 am
Xavier, you are quite right, <i>DIV</i>s are not the way to go. Since I built agrussell.com, I have switched to using nested lists, and highly recommend others do the same. Ultimately though, the concept is the same. Marco, I am a big fan of Eric Meyer, and actually thought about those menus, but ultimately, I don't think they are ready for production use, quite specifically because they don't work in IE. :( That is one of the reasons I pointed out the Suckerfish menus, as the JavaScript that is included (all 12 lines of it) makes it work in IE, DOM-compatible browsers do not use the JS at all. So, the suckerfish menus are a half way between menu systems that are driven by JavaScript, and those that are driven purely by CSS. As I mentioned above, I have one issue with the SuckerFish, and Eric Meyer's menu systems: menus disappear the instant the cursor moves away from them. I don't think this is very user friendly, and ultimately can prove very frustrating once a site needs multi-level menus. A user may accidentally move the cursor and have to go find the same spot again, three sub-menus down. If this happens more than once, they will get quite annoyed - well, at least I do. So, while I am a huge fan of CSS and promote its use everywhere that I can, I don't think it is the best solution for menus. Pure JavaScript menus are not the answer either. It is important to use the technologies for their respective strengths and purposes. In my opinion, the ideal system is a combination of JavaScript to control how the menus work, with CSS to control how the menu style and location. Sorry to go off on a tangent there, but I think it is applicable to the subject at hand. If not, let me know. :)
Alex
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