Features

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

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!

Javascript Hiding Browser Menu Moodle Aardvark Adding Menu Items

Professional Look-n-feel

Entirely customizable look-n-feel A lot of pre-designed moodle aardvark adding menu items samples Hundreds of visual effects Custom CSS styles can be applied for all menu settings

High Performance

AJAX menu loading - loads web menu data from the server "on-the-fly". Commonly loads quicker than other html page elements UL/LI items structure Runs well with an unlimited number of submenus and items

Easy Setup

De Luxe Tuner. GUI interface to create your moodle aardvark adding menu items menus easily and in no time Sensible menu parameters for manual editing

2.0 Buttons by Web-Buttons.com v3.0.0

Recent Questions

Q: I am trying to get my submenu to be all black along with the main menu item that I am hovering over.
But I cannot do it.


A: Now you have

 ["|About Us","About_Us", , , ,"Tip Text" , , , ,"0"],

it is not right. You should write

 ["|About Us","About_Us", , ,"Tip Text", , ,"0",],

Q: Could you please just help me - I have been using quirks mode to create our customer sites and would now like to start using a proper doctype like:



But when I change it, all the down menus dhtml break on the sites.

A: Try to specify all units in "px":

  var itemPadding="3px";

  var itemStyles = [
["fontStyle=normal 11px Lucida SansUnicode","fontColor=#FFFFFF,#FFFFFF","itemBackColor=#DE2829,#C62829","itemBorderWidth=0",
"itemBorderColor=#FFFFFF,#C21212","itemBorderStyle=solid,solid",
"itemBackImage=blank.gif,blank.gif","itemWidth=160px"], ["itemWidth=129px"],
];

  var menuStyles = [
["itemSpacing=0", "itemPadding=8px"]
];

Q: Hi, just a quick question, is it possible to change which tab is displayed when the page is first rendered.

For instance, if you have 4 tabs, going right to left, can you load the css menu tabs with the second tab being displayed first?


A: See, if you use Tab Mode
  var tabMode = 1;

  var bselectedItem = 0; //main items
  var bselectedSmItem = -1; //submenus

If you use
  var tabMode = 0;
  var bselectedItem = 0;

See, the ID of the item starts with 0.

So, if you use TabMode (  var tabMode=1;):

  var bselectedItem = 4;

["-", ] - separator, ID = 0
["Mac Tab 1", "content1"], ID = 1
["Subitem1","testlink.html",] ID = 2
["Subitem2","testlink.html",] ID = 3
["Mac Tab 2", "content2"], ID = 4 // selected tab
["Subitem1","testlink.html",] ID = 5
["Subitem2","testlink.html",] ID = 6
["Mac Tab 3", "content3"], ID = 7
["Subitem1","testlink.html",] ID = 8
["Subitem2","testlink.html",] ID = 9
["Mac Tab 4", "content4"], ID = 10
["Subitem1","testlink.html",] ID = 11
["Subitem2","testlink.html",] ID = 12

If you use tabs (  var tabMode=0;):

  var bselectedItem = 2;

["-", ] - separator, ID = 0
["Mac Tab 1", "content1"], ID = 1
["Mac Tab 2", "content2"], ID = 2 // selected tab
["Mac Tab 3", "content3"], ID = 3
["Mac Tab 4", "content4"], ID = 4

Q: What I would like to see is the ability to have a base site navigation menu with all the definitional entries (size, locations, icons, etc.) defined but all the menuitems be called from an Ajax file.

A: You cannot use ajax submenus for the top items.
But you can use several .js file, for example:

params.js //file with all menu parameters (size, locations, icons, etc.)
all code before
  var menuItems = [
...
];
dm_init();

data_ajax1.js //data files for ajax submenus
data_ajax2.js
data_ajax3.js
...

main_data.js - data file with the following code:

  var menuItems = [
["Item 1","", "", "", "", "", "0", "0", "data_ajax1.js", "", "", ],
["Item 2","", "", "", "", "", "0", "0", "data_ajax2.js", "", "", ],
["Item 3","", "", "", "", "", "0", "0", "data_ajax3.js", "", "", ],
["Item 4","", "", "", "", "", "0", "0", "data_ajax4.js", "", "", ],
];
dm_init();

You can also place this code into your html page directly (in the place where you want tohave a menu):

<script type="text/javascript">
  var menuItems = [
["Item 1","", "", "", "", "", "0", "0", "data_ajax1.js", "", "", ],
["Item 2","", "", "", "", "", "0", "0", "data_ajax2.js", "", "", ],
["Item 3","", "", "", "", "", "0", "0", "data_ajax3.js", "", "", ],
["Item 4","", "", "", "", "", "0", "0", "data_ajax4.js", "", "", ],
];
dm_init();