I have added some animation
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<head>
<title></title>
<style type="text/css">
/*<![CDATA[*/
hr{
margin:50px 0;
color:#eee;
}
ul li.active{ /*IE6 hack- hide gooey effect from that browser*/
_visibility: hidden; /*IE6 rule*/
}
/* ######### Gel Menu CSS ######### */
ul.gelbuttonmenu{
position:relative;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
margin-bottom:1em;
text-align: center; //set value to "left", "center", or "right"*/
}
ul.gelbuttonmenu li{
display: inline;
}
ul.gelbuttonmenu li a{
color: black;
font-weight:bold;
padding: 10px; /*make sure padding is sufficient that the height of the link is enough to fully show the gel button*/
margin-right: 20px; /*spacing between each menu link*/
text-decoration: none;
}
ul.gelbuttonmenu li.active{ /*style of LI that gets dynamically added to menu to create background effect*/
position:absolute;
width:0px;
background:lightblue;
background:url(gelbuttonleft.gif) top left no-repeat, url(gelbuttonright.gif) top right no-repeat, url(gelbuttoncenter.gif) top center repeat-x;
}
.submenu {
position:absolute;z-Index:101;width:200px;height:200px;margin-Top:5px;background-Color:#FFFFCC;
}
/*]]>*/
</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script >
/* jQuery Gooey Menu
* Created: April 7th, 2011 by DynamicDrive.com. This notice must stay intact for usage
* Author: Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
*/
jQuery.noConflict()
jQuery.extend(jQuery.easing, {easeOutBack:function(x, t, b, c, d, s){ //see http://gsgd.co.uk/sandbox/jquery/easing/
if (s == undefined) s = 1.70158;
return c*((t=t/d-1)*t*((s+1)*t + s) + 1) + b;
}
})
var gooeymenu={
effectmarkup: '<li class="active"></li>',
setup:function(usersetting){
jQuery(function($){ //on document.ready
function snapback(dur){
if ($selectedlink.length>0)
$effectref.dequeue().animate({left:$selectedlink.position().left, width:$selectedlink.outerWidth()}, dur, setting.fx)
}
var setting=jQuery.extend({fx:'easeOutBack', fxtime:500, snapdelay:300}, usersetting)
var $menu=$('#'+setting.id).find('li:eq(0)').parents('ul:eq(0)') //select main menu UL
var $menulinks=$menu.find('li a')
var $effectref=$(gooeymenu.effectmarkup).css({top:$menulinks.eq(0).position().top, height:$menulinks.eq(0).outerHeight(), zIndex:-1}).appendTo($menu) //add trailing effect LI to the menu UL
$effectref.css({left:-$menu.offset().left-$effectref.outerWidth()-5}) //position effect LI behind the left edge of the window
if (typeof setting.selectitem!="undefined"){ //if setting.selectitem defined
var $selectedlink=$menulinks.removeClass('selected').eq(setting.selectitem).addClass('selected')
}
else{
var $selectedlink=$menulinks.filter('.selected:eq(0)') //find item with class="selected" manually defined
}
setting.defaultselectedBool=$selectedlink.length
$menulinks.mouseover(function(){
clearTimeout(setting.snapbacktimer)
var $target=$(this)
//alert($target.position().left+" "+$target.get(0).offsetLeft)
$effectref.dequeue().animate({left:$target.position().left, width:$target.outerWidth()}, setting.fxtime, setting.fx)
if (setting.defaultselectedBool==0) //if there is no default selected menu item
$selectedlink=$target //set current mouseover element to selected element
})
if ($selectedlink.length>0){
snapback(0)
$menu.mouseleave(function(){
setting.snapbacktimer=setTimeout(function(){
snapback(setting.fxtime)
}, setting.snapdelay)
})
}
$(window).bind('resize', function(){
snapback(setting.fxtime)
})
})
}
}/***********************************************
* Gooey Menu Script (c) Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for this script and 100s more.
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</script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="gooeymenu.css" />
</head>
<body>
<ul id="gooeymenu1" class="gelbuttonmenu">
<li>
<a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/">Home</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/">CSS Codes</a>
<div class="submenu" >Sub Menu 1</div>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/">Forums</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://tools.dynamicdrive.com">Tools</a>
<div class="submenu" >Sub Menu 3</div>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/">JavaScript</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.cssdrive.com">CSS Gallery</a>
</li>
</ul>
<script>
var zxcSubMenu={
init:function(o){
var id=o.ParentID,ms=o.Animate,p=document.getElementById(id),clds=p?p.getElementsByTagName('LI'):[];
if (clds[0]){
var sm,a,z0=0;
o.ary=[];
o.ms=typeof(ms)=='number'&&ms>20?ms:1000;
for (;z0<clds.length;z0++){
sm=this.bycls(o.SubMenuClass,'*',clds[z0])[0];
if (sm){
sm.style.left=sm.style.top='-3000px';
a=[clds[z0],sm,0,0];
this.addevt(clds[z0],'mouseover','show',o,a);
this.addevt(sm,'mouseover','show',o,a);
this.addevt(clds[z0],'mouseout','hide',o,a);
this.addevt(sm,'mouseout','hide',o,a);
document.body.appendChild(sm);
o.sm=a;
}
}
}
},
show:function(o,sm){
sm!=sm?this.hide(o,o.sm):null;
clearTimeout(sm[2]);
var p=this.pos(sm[0]);
sm[1].style.left=p[0]+'px';
sm[1].style.top=p[1]+sm[0].offsetHeight+'px';
this.animate(o,sm,sm[3],sm[1].offsetHeight,new Date(),o.ms);
o.sm=sm;
},
hide:function(o,sm){
var oop=this;
sm[2]=setTimeout(function(){ oop.animate(o,sm,sm[3],0,new Date(),o.ms); },200);
},
animate:function(o,a,f,t,srt,mS){
clearTimeout(a[4]);
var oop=this,ms=new Date()-srt,n=(t-f)/mS*ms+f;
if (isFinite(n)){
a[3]=Math.max(0,n);
a[1].style.clip='rect(0px,'+a[1].offsetWidth+'px,'+a[3]+'px,0px)';
}
if (ms<mS){
a[4]=setTimeout(function(){ oop.animate(o,a,f,t,srt,mS); },10);
}
else {
a[3]=t;
a[1].style.clip='rect(0px,'+a[1].offsetWidth+'px,'+a[3]+'px,0px)';
t==0?a[1].style.top='-3000px':null;
}
},
pos:function(obj){
var rtn=[0,0];
while(obj){
rtn[0]+=obj.offsetLeft;
rtn[1]+=obj.offsetTop;
obj=obj.offsetParent;
}
return rtn;
},
addevt:function(o,t,f,p,p1,p2){
var oop=this;
o.addEventListener?o.addEventListener(t,function(e){ return oop[f](p,p1,p2);},false):o.attachEvent?o.attachEvent('on'+t,function(e){ return oop[f](p,p1,p2); }):null;
},
bycls:function(n,t,o){
for (var o=o||document.body,c=o.getElementsByTagName(t||'*'),a=[],z0=0; z0<c.length;z0++){
if((' '+c[z0].className+' ').match(' '+n+' ')){
a.push(c[z0]);
}
}
return a;
}
}
zxcSubMenu.init({
ParentID:'gooeymenu1', // the unique ID name of the parent UL. (string)
SubMenuClass:'submenu', // the common calss name of the sub menus. (string)
Animate:1000 //(optional) the animation duration in millisec. (number, default = 1000)
});
gooeymenu.setup({id:'gooeymenu1'})
</script>
</body>
</html>