Bullet List Accordion Menu

In this menu example, the menu headers are H3 tags, with each sub menu being UL tags that expand/ contract. A CSS class gets dynamically added to a header when it's expanded to style the expanded header. The headers are toggled via "click" of the mouse, and all headers can be collapsed. The previous expanded header (if any) is closed before expanding the current.

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml2/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="ddaccordion.js"> /*********************************************** * Accordion Content script- (c) Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com) * Visit http://www.dynamicDrive.com for hundreds of DHTML scripts * Please keep this notice intact ***********************************************/ </script> <script type="text/javascript"> ddaccordion.init({ headerclass: "expandable", //Shared CSS class name of headers group that are expandable contentclass: "categoryitems", //Shared CSS class name of contents group revealtype: "click", //Reveal content when user clicks or onmouseover the header? Valid value: "click", "clickgo", or "mouseover" mouseoverdelay: 200, //if revealtype="mouseover", set delay in milliseconds before header expands onMouseover collapseprev: true, //Collapse previous content (so only one open at any time)? true/false defaultexpanded: [0], //index of content(s) open by default [index1, index2, etc]. [] denotes no content onemustopen: false, //Specify whether at least one header should be open always (so never all headers closed) animatedefault: false, //Should contents open by default be animated into view? persiststate: true, //persist state of opened contents within browser session? toggleclass: ["", "openheader"], //Two CSS classes to be applied to the header when it's collapsed and expanded, respectively ["class1", "class2"] togglehtml: ["prefix", "", ""], //Additional HTML added to the header when it's collapsed and expanded, respectively ["position", "html1", "html2"] (see docs) animatespeed: "fast", //speed of animation: integer in milliseconds (ie: 200), or keywords "fast", "normal", or "slow" oninit:function(headers, expandedindices){ //custom code to run when headers have initalized //do nothing }, onopenclose:function(header, index, state, isuseractivated){ //custom code to run whenever a header is opened or closed //do nothing } }) </script> <style type="text/css"> .arrowlistmenu{ width: 180px; /*width of accordion menu*/ } .arrowlistmenu .menuheader{ /*CSS class for menu headers in general (expanding or not!)*/ font: bold 14px Arial; color: white; background: black url(titlebar.png) repeat-x center left; margin-bottom: 10px; /*bottom spacing between header and rest of content*/ text-transform: uppercase; padding: 4px 0 4px 10px; /*header text is indented 10px*/ cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; } .arrowlistmenu .openheader{ /*CSS class to apply to expandable header when it's expanded*/ background-image: url(titlebar-active.png); } .arrowlistmenu ul{ /*CSS for UL of each sub menu*/ list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; margin-bottom: 8px; /*bottom spacing between each UL and rest of content*/ } .arrowlistmenu ul li{ padding-bottom: 2px; /*bottom spacing between menu items*/ } .arrowlistmenu ul li a{ color: #A70303; background: url(arrowbullet.png) no-repeat center left; /*custom bullet list image*/ display: block; padding: 2px 0; padding-left: 19px; /*link text is indented 19px*/ text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px solid #dadada; font-size: 90%; } .arrowlistmenu ul li a:visited{ color: #A70303; } .arrowlistmenu ul li a:hover{ /*hover state CSS*/ color: #A70303; background-color: #F3F3F3; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="arrowlistmenu"> <h3 class="menuheader expandable">CSS Library</h3> <ul class="categoryitems"> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/category/C1/">Horizontal CSS Menus</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/category/C2/">Vertical CSS Menus</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/category/C4/">Image CSS</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/category/C6/">Form CSS</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/category/C5/">DIVs and containers</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/category/C7/">Links & Buttons</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/category/C8/">Other</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/all/">Browse All</a></li> </ul> <h3 class="menuheader expandable">CSS Drive</h3> <ul class="categoryitems"> <li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com">CSS Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com/index.php/menudesigns/">Menu Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com/index.php/news/">Web Design News</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com/index.php/examples/">CSS Examples</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com/index.php/main/csscompressor/">CSS Compressor</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=6">CSS Forums</a></li> </ul> <h3 class="menuheader expandable">JavaScript Kit</h3> <ul class="categoryitems"> <li><a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/cutpastejava.shtml" >Free JavaScripts</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/javatutors/">JavaScript tutorials</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/jsref/">JavaScript Reference</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/domref/">DOM Reference</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/dhtmltutors/">DHTML & CSS</a></li> </ul> <h3 class="menuheader" style="cursor: default">FeedBack</h3> <div> Regular contents here. Header does not expand or contact. </div> </div> <p>Assuming the current page is named "current.htm", the below links when navigated to expands a particular header on that page:</p> <p> - <a href="current.htm?expandable=0">Expand 1st header within "expandable" header group</a><br /> - <a href="current.htm?expandable=2">Expand 3rd header within "expandable" header group</a><br /> </p> <p>Helpful links: </p> <p> - <a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex17/ddaccordion_suppliment.htm">Adding arbitrary links hat expand/ collapse the contents</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex17/ddaccordion_suppliment2.htm">Taking advantage of the oninit() and onopenclose() event handlers</a><br /> </p> </body> </html>

The menu uses three images for the purpose of styling the menu (download by right clicking, and select "Save As"):

See the frontpage of Accordion Content script for a full explanation of each setting inside the script.

Bullet List Accordion Menu with nested levels

The same menu as above, but this one illustrates how you would add a collapsible second level.

The key is creating a nested accordion menu is to treat each level of category headers as a new instance of Accordion Content script, so the 2nd nested level in this case ("CSS Drive") would be a new instance.

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml2/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="ddaccordion.js"> /*********************************************** * Accordion Content script- (c) Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com) * Visit http://www.dynamicDrive.com for hundreds of DHTML scripts * Please keep this notice intact ***********************************************/ </script> <script type="text/javascript"> ddaccordion.init({ //top level headers initialization headerclass: "expandable", //Shared CSS class name of headers group that are expandable contentclass: "categoryitems", //Shared CSS class name of contents group revealtype: "click", //Reveal content when user clicks or onmouseover the header? Valid value: "click", "clickgo", or "mouseover" mouseoverdelay: 200, //if revealtype="mouseover", set delay in milliseconds before header expands onMouseover collapseprev: true, //Collapse previous content (so only one open at any time)? true/false defaultexpanded: [0], //index of content(s) open by default [index1, index2, etc]. [] denotes no content onemustopen: false, //Specify whether at least one header should be open always (so never all headers closed) animatedefault: false, //Should contents open by default be animated into view? persiststate: true, //persist state of opened contents within browser session? toggleclass: ["", "openheader"], //Two CSS classes to be applied to the header when it's collapsed and expanded, respectively ["class1", "class2"] togglehtml: ["prefix", "", ""], //Additional HTML added to the header when it's collapsed and expanded, respectively ["position", "html1", "html2"] (see docs) animatespeed: "fast", //speed of animation: integer in milliseconds (ie: 200), or keywords "fast", "normal", or "slow" oninit:function(headers, expandedindices){ //custom code to run when headers have initalized //do nothing }, onopenclose:function(header, index, state, isuseractivated){ //custom code to run whenever a header is opened or closed //do nothing } }) ddaccordion.init({ //2nd level headers initialization headerclass: "subexpandable", //Shared CSS class name of sub headers group that are expandable contentclass: "subcategoryitems", //Shared CSS class name of sub contents group revealtype: "click", //Reveal content when user clicks or onmouseover the header? Valid value: "click" or "mouseover mouseoverdelay: 200, //if revealtype="mouseover", set delay in milliseconds before header expands onMouseover collapseprev: true, //Collapse previous content (so only one open at any time)? true/false defaultexpanded: [], //index of content(s) open by default [index1, index2, etc]. [] denotes no content onemustopen: false, //Specify whether at least one header should be open always (so never all headers closed) animatedefault: false, //Should contents open by default be animated into view? persiststate: true, //persist state of opened contents within browser session? toggleclass: ["opensubheader", "closedsubheader"], //Two CSS classes to be applied to the header when it's collapsed and expanded, respectively ["class1", "class2"] togglehtml: ["none", "", ""], //Additional HTML added to the header when it's collapsed and expanded, respectively ["position", "html1", "html2"] (see docs) animatespeed: "fast", //speed of animation: integer in milliseconds (ie: 200), or keywords "fast", "normal", or "slow" oninit:function(headers, expandedindices){ //custom code to run when headers have initalized //do nothing }, onopenclose:function(header, index, state, isuseractivated){ //custom code to run whenever a header is opened or closed //do nothing } }) </script> <style type="text/css"> .arrowlistmenu{ width: 180px; /*width of accordion menu*/ } .arrowlistmenu .menuheader{ /*CSS class for menu headers in general (expanding or not!)*/ font: bold 14px Arial; color: white; background: black url(titlebar.png) repeat-x center left; margin-bottom: 10px; /*bottom spacing between header and rest of content*/ text-transform: uppercase; padding: 4px 0 4px 10px; /*header text is indented 10px*/ cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; } .arrowlistmenu .openheader{ /*CSS class to apply to expandable header when it's expanded*/ background-image: url(titlebar-active.png); } .arrowlistmenu ul{ /*CSS for UL of each sub menu*/ list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; margin-bottom: 8px; /*bottom spacing between each UL and rest of content*/ } .arrowlistmenu ul li{ padding-bottom: 2px; /*bottom spacing between menu items*/ } .arrowlistmenu ul li .opensubheader{ /*Open state CSS for sub menu header*/ background: lightblue !important; } .arrowlistmenu ul li .closedsubheader{ /*Closed state CSS for sub menu header*/ background: lightgreen !important; } .arrowlistmenu ul li a{ color: #A70303; background: url(arrowbullet.png) no-repeat center left; /*custom bullet list image*/ display: block; padding: 2px 0; padding-left: 19px; /*link text is indented 19px*/ text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px solid #dadada; font-size: 90%; } .arrowlistmenu ul li a:visited{ color: #A70303; } .arrowlistmenu ul li a:hover{ /*hover state CSS*/ background-color: #F3F3F3; } .arrowlistmenu ul li a.subexpandable:hover{ /*hover state CSS for sub menu header*/ background: lightblue; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="arrowlistmenu"> <h3 class="menuheader expandable">CSS Library</h3> <ul class="categoryitems"> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/category/C1/">Horizontal CSS Menus</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/category/C2/">Vertical CSS Menus</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/category/C4/">Image CSS</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/category/C6/">Form CSS</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/category/C5/">DIVs and containers</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/category/C7/">Links & Buttons</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/category/C8/">Other</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/all/">Browse All</a></li> </ul> <h3 class="menuheader expandable">CSS Drive</h3> <ul class="categoryitems"> <li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com">CSS Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com/index.php/menudesigns/" class="subexpandable">Menu Gallery</a> <ul class="subcategoryitems" style="margin-left: 15px"> <li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com/index.php/main/category/C34/">Blue Color</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com/index.php/main/category/C36/">Green Color</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com/index.php/main/category/C37/">Orange Color</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com/index.php/main/category/C33/">Red Color</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com/index.php/main/category/C38/">Brown Color</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com/index.php/news/">Web Design News</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com/index.php/examples/">CSS Examples</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com/index.php/main/csscompressor/">CSS Compressor</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=6">CSS Forums</a></li> </ul> <h3 class="menuheader expandable">JavaScript Kit</h3> <ul class="categoryitems"> <li><a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/cutpastejava.shtml" >Free JavaScripts</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/javatutors/">JavaScript tutorials</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/jsref/">JavaScript Reference</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/domref/">DOM Reference</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/dhtmltutors/">DHTML & CSS</a></li> </ul> <h3 class="menuheader" style="cursor: default">FeedBack</h3> <div> Regular contents here. Header does not expand or contact. </div> </div> <p>Assuming the current page is named "current.htm", the below links when navigated to expands a particular header on that page:</p> <p> - <a href="current.htm?expandable=0">Expand 1st header within "expandable" header group</a><br /> - <a href="current.htm?expandable=1&subexpandable=0">Expand 2nd header within "expandable" header group and 1st header within nested "subexpandable" group</a><br /> </p> <p>Helpful links: </p> <p> - <a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex17/ddaccordion_suppliment.htm">Adding arbitrary links hat expand/ collapse the contents</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex17/ddaccordion_suppliment2.htm">Taking advantage of the oninit() and onopenclose() event handlers</a><br /> </p> </body> </html>

The menu also uses three images for the purpose of styling the menu (download by right clicking, and select "Save As"):

Script Index Page
Adding arbitrary links hat expand/ collapse the contents
Taking advantage of the oninit() and onopenclose() event handlers
Accordion Menu script
- Bullet list accordion menu (2 examples)
- Glossy accordion menu (2 examples)
- Apple style accordion menu (mouseover)
- Urban Gray accordion menu (mouseover)
- Arrow Side Menu ("clickgo")

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Script Index Page Adding arbitrary links that expand/ collapse the contents Taking advantage of the oninit() and onopenclose() event handlers Accordion Menu script Bullet List Accordion Menu

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