Slashdot Menu - Non-Links

[Wstar]

1) Script Title: Slashdot Menu

2) Script URL (on DD): http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/slashdot.htm

3) Describe problem: The menu works great. The only problem I'm having is I can not add simple text under any menu. When I put text inder one of my headings in the menu, the entire menu messes up and doesn't work. The only work around I have found it do make a table and wrap it in <a></a> tags but it turns it into a link, or course.

I'm trying to add a table with text under a menu heading. Is this possible with what I have?

Test site: http://www.alloutassault.net/alpha/

CSS:

div.sdmenu {
	width: 226px;
	font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	letter-spacing: 0.5cm
	color: #fff;
}

div.sdmenu div {
	background: url(menu.jpg) repeat-x;
	overflow: hidden;
}

div.sdmenu div:first-child {
	background: url(menu.jpg) no-repeat;
}

div.sdmenu div.collapsed {
	height: 56px;
}
div.sdmenu div span {
	display: block;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	padding: 21px 0px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: white;
    text-align: center;
	cursor: default;

}

div.sdmenu div.collapsed span {

}
div.sdmenu div a {
	background : url(menu_spacer_2.jpg) repeat-y left top;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	padding: 5px 40px;
	display: block;
	color: #ffffff;
}


div.sdmenu div a.current {
	background : #333333 url(menu_spacer_2.jpg) repeat-y left top;
}

div.sdmenu div a:hover {
	background : #333333 url(menu_spacer_over.jpg) repeat-y left top;
	color: #ffffff;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.sdmenu .title, .sdmenu .titlehidden, .sdmenu .submenu a {
  width: 226px;
  height: 56px;
}

JS:

function SDMenu(id) {
	if (!document.getElementById || !document.getElementsByTagName)
		return false;
	this.menu = document.getElementById(id);
	this.submenus = this.menu.getElementsByTagName("div");
	this.remember = true;
	this.speed = 3;
	this.markCurrent = true;
	this.oneSmOnly = true;
}
SDMenu.prototype.init = function() {
	var mainInstance = this;
	for (var i = 0; i < this.submenus.length; i++)
		this.submenus[i].getElementsByTagName("span")[0].onclick = function() {
			mainInstance.toggleMenu(this.parentNode);
		};
	if (this.markCurrent) {
		var links = this.menu.getElementsByTagName("a");
		for (var i = 0; i < links.length; i++)
			if (links[i].href == document.location.href) {
				links[i].className = "current";
				break;
			}
	}
	if (this.remember) {
		var regex = new RegExp("sdmenu_" + encodeURIComponent(this.menu.id) + "=([01]+)");
		var match = regex.exec(document.cookie);
		if (match) {
			var states = match[1].split("");
			for (var i = 0; i < states.length; i++)
				this.submenus[i].className = (states[i] == 0 ? "collapsed" : "");
		}
	}
};
SDMenu.prototype.toggleMenu = function(submenu) {
	if (submenu.className == "collapsed")
		this.expandMenu(submenu);
	else
		this.collapseMenu(submenu);
};
SDMenu.prototype.expandMenu = function(submenu) {
	var fullHeight = submenu.getElementsByTagName("span")[0].offsetHeight;
	var links = submenu.getElementsByTagName("a");
	for (var i = 0; i < links.length; i++)
		fullHeight += links[i].offsetHeight;
	var moveBy = Math.round(this.speed * links.length);
	
	var mainInstance = this;
	var intId = setInterval(function() {
		var curHeight = submenu.offsetHeight;
		var newHeight = curHeight + moveBy;
		if (newHeight < fullHeight)
			submenu.style.height = newHeight + "px";
		else {
			clearInterval(intId);
			submenu.style.height = "";
			submenu.className = "";
			mainInstance.memorize();
		}
	}, 30);
	this.collapseOthers(submenu);
};
SDMenu.prototype.collapseMenu = function(submenu) {
	var minHeight = submenu.getElementsByTagName("span")[0].offsetHeight;
	var moveBy = Math.round(this.speed * submenu.getElementsByTagName("a").length);
	var mainInstance = this;
	var intId = setInterval(function() {
		var curHeight = submenu.offsetHeight;
		var newHeight = curHeight - moveBy;
		if (newHeight > minHeight)
			submenu.style.height = newHeight + "px";
		else {
			clearInterval(intId);
			submenu.style.height = "";
			submenu.className = "collapsed";
			mainInstance.memorize();
		}
	}, 30);
};
SDMenu.prototype.collapseOthers = function(submenu) {
	if (this.oneSmOnly) {
		for (var i = 0; i < this.submenus.length; i++)
			if (this.submenus[i] != submenu && this.submenus[i].className != "collapsed")
				this.collapseMenu(this.submenus[i]);
	}
};
SDMenu.prototype.expandAll = function() {
	var oldOneSmOnly = this.oneSmOnly;
	this.oneSmOnly = false;
	for (var i = 0; i < this.submenus.length; i++)
		if (this.submenus[i].className == "collapsed")
			this.expandMenu(this.submenus[i]);
	this.oneSmOnly = oldOneSmOnly;
};
SDMenu.prototype.collapseAll = function() {
	for (var i = 0; i < this.submenus.length; i++)
		if (this.submenus[i].className != "collapsed")
			this.collapseMenu(this.submenus[i]);
};
SDMenu.prototype.memorize = function() {
	if (this.remember) {
		var states = new Array();
		for (var i = 0; i < this.submenus.length; i++)
			states.push(this.submenus[i].className == "collapsed" ? 0 : 1);
		var d = new Date();
		d.setTime(d.getTime() + (30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
		document.cookie = "sdmenu_" + encodeURIComponent(this.menu.id) + "=" + states.join("") + "; expires=" + d.toGMTString() + "; path=/";
	}
};

HTML:

    <div style="float: left" id="my_menu" class="sdmenu">
      <div>
        <span>Main Menu</span>

        <a href="#">Home</a>
        <a href="#">Gallery</a>
        <a href="#">Enlist</a>
        <a href="#">Forum</a>
      </div>
      
      <div>
        <span>Divisions</span>

        <a href="#">Divsion 1</a>
        <a href="#">Divsion 2</a>
        <a href="#">Divsion 3</a>
        <a href="#">Divsion 4</a>
      </div>
      
      <div>
        <span>Calendar</span>
        <!-- Testing Text --><!-- Doesn't work! -->
        <!-- <div>Testing Text</div> --><!-- Doesn't work! -->
      </div>

      <div>
        <span>Roster</span>
        
         <a href="#">Wstar</a>
         <a href="#">Wstar</a>
         <a href="#">Wstar</a>
         <a href="#">Wstar</a>
         <a href="#">Wstar</a>
      </div>
      
      <div>
        <span>Miscenalleous</span>
        
          <a href="#">Contributions</a>
          <a href="#">Donate</a>
          <a href="#">Merchandise</a>
      </div>
      
      <div>
        <span>Information</span>
        
          <a href="#">Links</a>
          <a href="#">About Us</a>
          <a href="#">Contact Us</a>
      </div>
      
      <div>
        <span></span>
      </div>

      
    </div>

[ddadmin]

Certain container tags like DIV have special meaning with SD Menu, though you should be able to use other container tags like P to display regular text under a menu header. Using P for example, this works:

    <div style="float: left" id="my_menu" class="sdmenu">
      <div>
        <span>Online Tools</span>
<p class="regular">Welcome to our site. Hope you enjoy the links below!</p>
        <a href="http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/imageoptimizer/">Image Optimizer</a>
        <a href="http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/">FavIcon Generator</a>
        <a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/emailriddler/">Email Riddler</a>
        <a href="http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/password/">htaccess Password</a>
        <a href="http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/gradient/">Gradient Image</a>
        <a href="http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/button/">Button Maker</a>
      </div>
      <div>
        <span>Support Us</span>
        <a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/recommendit/">Recommend Us</a>
"
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In the .css file, you'll want to add this to the very end to give the text block the appropriate look:

div.sdmenu p.regular{
background: white;
overflow: auto;
color: black;
margin: 0;
padding: 5px;
}

[Wstar]

Seems to work but the menu jumps. It starts scrolls nicely down, then when it reaches the links - it just jumps to fully expanded. Also, I must put a link for it to collapse and expand. Is there a way so i don't need a link under the menu?

Any ideas?

BTW, thanks again for the reply.

[ddadmin]

Hmm I'm not getting any jolting, though I am using the default example in the zip file as basis for the changes above. Try adding a valid doctype to the top of your page perhaps:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

With regards to arbitrary links that expand/ contract the menu, per the info on the demo page, the script does support the following methods:

// Additional methods...
var firstSubmenu = myMenu.submenus[0];
myMenu.expandMenu(firstSubmenu);      // Expand a submenu
myMenu.collapseMenu(firstSubmenu);    // Collapse a menu
myMenu.toggleMenu(firstSubmenu);      // Expand if collapsed and collapse if expanded

myMenu.expandAll();                   // Expand all submenus
myMenu.collapseAll();                 // Collapse all submenus

[Wstar]

I used the doctype and still the menu jumps. If I take out the link within the menu:

    <div style="float: left" id="my_menu" class="sdmenu">
      <div>
        <span>Online Tools</span>
          <p class="regular">Welcome to our site. Hope you enjoy the links below!</p>
      </div>
</div>

The menu just does not work. It only will work if I put a link under the text. If I make a menu with nothing but links, it works perfectly.

I just don't know where to look for the problem. I've tried several difference browsers and still, no luck.

Try going to the test site: http://www.alloutassault.net/alpha/
Under Calendar is the text example.

[Pred86]

hi all,

im using SDmenu too.

And i also wanted to place some Text instead of Links in the Menu (a Login menu ect.).

I've tried the <p> Tag, but it doesnt work.

Anyone have an Idea, how to make this Work?

best regards,
Pred

P.S: Sorry for my Bad English, im from Germany

[Ictinus]

You might like to try the modified version of SDMenu.... SDNMenu. See the links in my signature. The simple example shows non-link text.
Cheers