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Java Expanding Vertical Menu Tutorial

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Compatibility              
  • Full cross-browser compatibility including IE, Netscape, Mozilla, Opera, Firefox, Konqueror and Safari on Windows, Mac OS and Linux
  • Menu can be populated from a database using ASP, PHP, etc.
  • Search engine friendly
  • Support for any doctypes
  • Fits for secure sites
  • Section 508 compliant
Cost Effective
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Seamless Integration
  • Cross-frame support - menus work on frameset-based pages
  • Visible over flash, select boxes, iframes, java applets
  • Multiple menus on the same page
  • Amicable to other scripts and css styles
  • Any HTML code can be used inside menu items
Professional Look-n-feel
  • Entirely customizable look-n-feel
  • A lot of pre-designed java expanding vertical menu tutorial samples
  • Hundreds of visual effects
  • Custom CSS styles can be applied for all menu settings
Unrivalled Features
  • Scrollable, dragable, floating, right-click menus
  • Keyboard navigation - press Ctrl+F2 to enter the menu
  • Unique Java Script API for altering menu "on-the-fly", without page reloading
  • AJAX technology - loads menu data from the server "on-fly and on-demand".
  • Search feature - add the search area in the menu and type symbols. The found words will be higlighted.
  • Sound support!



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Javascript Menu. DHTML Menu.

  • Use a mouse to move a menu as a usual window. Also you can create the menu where each submenu can be "separated" from the menu (MS Office toolbar-like mode).
  • When the page is scrolled the menu remains visible. The menu can "float" along one or two coordinate axes.
  • There can be multilevel menus - create as many rows of the menu as necessary. Any submenu in its turn can include different number of columns.

Recent Questions

Q: How does one go about changing the parameter or the menu in java script so that a menu selection stays 'on'?
In other words, the menu remains selected, perhaps in a background color that shows the user this menu choice is selected and the user is in the selected menu area.


A: To save your navigation path you should set the following parameter:

  var saveNavigationPath = 1;
The menu keeps items highlighted during menu navigation.
0 - disabled, 1 - enabled (default).

You can highlight menu items by default in two ways:

1) Set the pressed item on each page idividually using the following parameter:

  var pressedItem = -2;
The toggle mode. Sets an index of an item that will be highlighted by default.
-2 - the toggle mode is disabled;
-1 - the toggle mode is enabled, but no items highlighted by default;0,1,2,3,... - index of highlighted item in a top-level menu.
- delete   var pressedItem=1; parameter from your data file
- set correct parameter on each page before you call data file, for example:

<noscript><a href="http://deluxe-menu.com">Javascript Menu by Deluxe-Menu.com</a></noscript>
<script type="text/javascript">  var dmWorkPath = "menudir/";</script >
<script type="text/javascript" src="menudir/dmenu.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">  var pressedItem=2;</script>
...
<script type="text/javascript" src="menudir/data.js"></script>

2) Set the pressed item/subitem using dm_ext_setPressedItem () function.

Please see more info here:
http://deluxe-menu.com/highlighted-items-sample.html


Q: Can I just have the date displayed without the time in the javascript popup calendar


A: You cannot hide time from the calendar templates.

But you can chose the output data format.

See more info:
http://www.calendardatepicker.com/parameters.html#param

calendarDatePicker.handlers( ['txt', 'txt', {type : 'date', format: '%d-%m-%Y'}] );

The result will be: 12-02-2009


Q: How can I remove the vertical lines that connect the + signs in my javascript slide out menu. I do want to keep the -+ signs but just not the virticle lines.

A: See the following javascript slide out menu parameters:

// Lines
  var tpoints = 1;
  var tpointsImage = "vpoint.gif";
  var tpointsVImage = "hpoint.gif";
  var tpointsCImage = "cpoint.gif";

If you don't want to use lines you should set:

// Lines
  var tpoints = 0;
  var tpointsImage = "";
  var tpointsVImage = "";
  var tpointsCImage = "";



Q: How do you specify different number of sub menu columns for each menu heading in the dhtml menu bar?

When I put   var smColumns = 5; it changed it for both my multicolumn headings.

A: You should use Individual Submenu Styles, for example:

  var menuStyles = [
["smColumns=3"],// 0 style
["smColumns=2"],// 1 style
];

  var menuItems = [
["Home","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "0", "0", "", "", "", ],
["Product Info","", "", "", "", "", "0", "", "", "", "", ],
 ["|Features","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "0", "", "", "", ], // 0 style
 ["|Installation","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
   ["||Description of Files","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
   ["||How To Setup","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
 ["|Parameters Info","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
 ["|Dynamic Functions","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
 ["|Supported Browsers","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
   ["||Windows OS","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
   ["||Internet Explorer","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
   ["||Firefox","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
   ["||Mozilla","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
   ["||Netscape","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
   ["||Opera","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["Samples","", "", "", "", "", "0", "", "", "", "", ],
 ["|Sample 1","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "1", "", "", "", ], // 1 style
 ["|Sample 2 is Disabled","testlink.html", "", "", "", "_", "", "", "", "", "", ],
 ["|Sample 3","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
 ["|Sample 4","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
 ["|Sample 5","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
 ["|Sample 6","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
 ["|Sample 7","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
 ["|Sample 8","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
 ["|Sample 9","testlink.html", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ],
["Purchase","http://deluxe-menu.com/order-purchase.html", "", "", "", "_blank", "0", "", "", "", "", ],
["Contact Us","testlink.htm", "", "", "", "", "0", "", "", "", "", ],
];