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Glossy Accordion Menu

In this example, the menu headers are A tags, with each sub menu being DIV tags that expand/ contract. The use of DIV tags for the sub menus is to facilitate content other than UL lists. An absolutely positioned icon image gets dynamically added to each header that changes depending on the header state. 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.

Expand 1st header within menu above through a URL parameter

Required external file (right click, and select "Save As"):

ddaccordion.js

Entire HTML Source code:

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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 * This notice must stay intact for legal use ***********************************************/ </script> <script type="text/javascript"> ddaccordion.init({ headerclass: "submenuheader", //Shared CSS class name of headers group contentclass: "submenu", //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: [], //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: ["", ""], //Two CSS classes to be applied to the header when it's collapsed and expanded, respectively ["class1", "class2"] togglehtml: ["suffix", "<img src='plus.gif' class='statusicon' />", "<img src='minus.gif' class='statusicon' />"], //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"> .glossymenu{ margin: 5px 0; padding: 0; width: 170px; /*width of menu*/ border: 1px solid #9A9A9A; border-bottom-width: 0; } .glossymenu a.menuitem{ background: black url(glossyback.gif) repeat-x bottom left; font: bold 14px "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: white; display: block; position: relative; /*To help in the anchoring of the ".statusicon" icon image*/ width: auto; padding: 4px 0; padding-left: 10px; text-decoration: none; } .glossymenu a.menuitem:visited, .glossymenu .menuitem:active{ color: white; } .glossymenu a.menuitem .statusicon{ /*CSS for icon image that gets dynamically added to headers*/ position: absolute; top: 5px; right: 5px; border: none; } .glossymenu a.menuitem:hover{ background-image: url(glossyback2.gif); } .glossymenu div.submenu{ /*DIV that contains each sub menu*/ background: white; } .glossymenu div.submenu ul{ /*UL of each sub menu*/ list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; } .glossymenu div.submenu ul li{ border-bottom: 1px solid blue; } .glossymenu div.submenu ul li a{ display: block; font: normal 13px "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; text-decoration: none; padding: 2px 0; padding-left: 10px; } .glossymenu div.submenu ul li a:hover{ background: #DFDCCB; colorz: white; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="glossymenu"> <a class="menuitem" href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/">Dynamic Drive</a> <a class="menuitem submenuheader" href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/" >CSS Examples</a> <div class="submenu"> <ul> <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> </div> <a class="menuitem" href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/jsref/">JavaScript Reference</a> <a class="menuitem" href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/domref/">DOM Reference</a> <a class="menuitem submenuheader" href="http://www.cssdrive.com">CSS Drive</a> <div class="submenu"> <ul> <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> <img src="http://i27.tinypic.com/sy7295.gif" style="margin: 10px 5px" /> </div> <a class="menuitem" href="http://www.codingforums.com/" style="border-bottom-width: 0">Coding Forums</a> </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?submenuheader=0">Expand 1st header within "submenuheader" 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 four 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.

Glossy Accordion Menu with responsive headers

Same menu as above, except this one also uses the oninit() and onopenclose() event handlers to run custom code when the menu has finished loading, plus when a header is expanded/contracted due to user initiated action per the config.revealtype setting, respectively. See Taking advantage of the oninit() and onopenclose() event handlers for details.

Entire HTML Source code:

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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 * This notice must stay intact for legal use ***********************************************/ </script> <script type="text/javascript"> ddaccordion.init({ headerclass: "submenuheader", //Shared CSS class name of headers group contentclass: "submenu", //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: [], //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: ["", ""], //Two CSS classes to be applied to the header when it's collapsed and expanded, respectively ["class1", "class2"] togglehtml: ["suffix", "<img src='plus.gif' class='statusicon' />", "<img src='minus.gif' class='statusicon' />"], //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 myiframe=window.frames["myiframe"] if (expandedindices.length>0) //if there are 1 or more expanded headers myiframe.location.replace(headers[expandedindices.pop()].getAttribute('href')) //Get "href" attribute of final expanded header to load into IFRAME }, onopenclose:function(header, index, state, isuseractivated){ //custom code to run whenever a header is opened or closed if (state=="block" && isuseractivated==true){ //if header is expanded and as the result of the user initiated action myiframe.location.replace(header.getAttribute('href')) } } }) </script> <style type="text/css"> .glossymenu{ margin: 5px 0; padding: 0; width: 170px; /*width of menu*/ border: 1px solid #9A9A9A; border-bottom-width: 0; } .glossymenu a.menuitem{ background: black url(glossyback.gif) repeat-x bottom left; font: bold 14px "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: white; display: block; position: relative; /*To help in the anchoring of the ".statusicon" icon image*/ width: auto; padding: 4px 0; padding-left: 10px; text-decoration: none; } .glossymenu a.menuitem:visited, .glossymenu .menuitem:active{ color: white; } .glossymenu a.menuitem .statusicon{ /*CSS for icon image that gets dynamically added to headers*/ position: absolute; top: 5px; right: 5px; border: none; } .glossymenu a.menuitem:hover{ background-image: url(glossyback2.gif); } .glossymenu div.submenu{ /*DIV that contains each sub menu*/ background: white; } .glossymenu div.submenu ul{ /*UL of each sub menu*/ list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; } .glossymenu div.submenu ul li{ border-bottom: 1px solid blue; } .glossymenu div.submenu ul li a{ display: block; font: normal 13px "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; text-decoration: none; padding: 2px 0; padding-left: 10px; } .glossymenu div.submenu ul li a:hover{ background: #DFDCCB; colorz: white; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="glossymenu"> <a class="menuitem" href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/">Dynamic Drive</a> <a class="menuitem submenuheader" href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/">CSS Examples</a> <div class="submenu"> <ul> <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> </div> <a class="menuitem" href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/jsref/">JavaScript Reference</a> <a class="menuitem" href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/domref/">DOM Reference</a> <a class="menuitem submenuheader" href="http://www.cssdrive.com">CSS Drive</a> <div class="submenu"> <ul> <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> <img src="http://i27.tinypic.com/sy7295.gif" style="margin: 10px 5px" /> </div> <a class="menuitem" href="http://www.codingforums.com/" style="border-bottom-width: 0">Coding Forums</a> </div> <p><iframe name="myiframe" style="width: 90%; height: 300px; border:1px solid black"></iframe></p> <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?submenuheader=0">Expand 1st header within "submenuheader" 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 four 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")

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

Glossy Accordion Menu with responsive headers

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