Slashdot menu script question

Script: DD Slashdot Menu

Script URL: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/slashdot.htm

The Problem:

Where to change the code in the slashdot menu script to make the menu start collapsed instead of expanded at the start/first visit?
I can't find where to change this. thanks

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I haven't tested this out thoroughly yet, but try the below:

Add the below function inside menu.js:

Code:

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function collapseit(){
if(getcookie("menu") == null){
    for (var i=0; i< arguments.length; i++) {
            titles[arguments[i]].className = "titlehidden";
            submenus[arguments[i]].style.height = "0px";
            submenus[arguments[i]].style.display = "none";
            arrows[arguments[i]].src = "slashfiles/collapsed.gif";
    }
}
}

---

Then, find the line:

Code:

---

if(remember) restore();
collapseit(0,1)

---

and add to that the code in red above. 0, 1 tells the script to auto hide the first and second menu sections. 0,1,2 would mean all 3 sections, 0 just the first section etc.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by ddadmin

I haven't tested this out thoroughly yet, but try the below:

Add the below function inside menu.js:

Code:

---

function collapseit(){
if(getcookie("menu") == null){
    for (var i=0; i< arguments.length; i++) {
            titles[arguments[i]].className = "titlehidden";
            submenus[arguments[i]].style.height = "0px";
            submenus[arguments[i]].style.display = "none";
            arrows[arguments[i]].src = "slashfiles/collapsed.gif";
    }
}
}

---

Then, find the line:

Code:

---

if(remember) restore();
collapseit(0,1)

---

and add to that the code in red above. 0, 1 tells the script to auto hide the first and second menu sections. 0,1,2 would mean all 3 sections, 0 just the first section etc.

---

Awesome, thanks...I'll give it a try!

Dan

How to Expand/Collapse all menu add/edit.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ddadmin

I haven't tested this out thoroughly yet, but try the below:

Add the below function inside menu.js:

Code:

---

function collapseit(){
if(getcookie("menu") == null){
    for (var i=0; i< arguments.length; i++) {
            titles[arguments[i]].className = "titlehidden";
            submenus[arguments[i]].style.height = "0px";
            submenus[arguments[i]].style.display = "none";
            arrows[arguments[i]].src = "slashfiles/collapsed.gif";
    }
}
}

---

Then, find the line:

Code:

---

if(remember) restore();
collapseit(0,1)

---

and add to that the code in red above. 0, 1 tells the script to auto hide the first and second menu sections. 0,1,2 would mean all 3 sections, 0 just the first section etc.

---

Gave it a try and it didn't work for some reason. They all stay open. Any ideas?

Thanks again for your help.

Dan

Edit: maybe I should be a little more clear on the behavior I'm looking for. When the page loads for the first time, all menus should be collapsed. Every time a sub menu is clicked on and expanded, I'd like any other open submenus to close. I don't want more than one menu open at the same time. I'd like it to continue to remember which menu is open throughout pages, but again, I only want one open at a time. This possible?

Thanks again!

Ah dmurray14, I didn't know you also wanted the previous menu section to contract when another section is expanded. The code I posted above only lets you specify certain sections to be initially contracted.

There are quite a few suggestions along the same line coming in for this script, so I'd like to address them all in one shot, the next time the script is updated. For now I think your closest bet for such a script behavior is via Switch Content script.

Maybe safari support could be added?

This somewhat similar menu works across the browsers:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...witchmenu2.htm

As does the real slashdot menu. If I didn't need to worry about Safari users I wouldn't give a rip.

But this is an incredibly nice little menu package.

What's the error in Safari? Since I don't have access to a Mac right now, I can only run a screenshot of how a script looks in Safari.

It does not collapse the menu. Strangely, it will open the menus if you set the intial state to collapsed using your mod.

Ok, add that to the things I'll look at addressing the next time the script is updated.