AnyLink Vertical Menu Change?

[vlane95678]

1) Script Title: AnyLink Vertical Menu

2) Script URL (on DD): http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...nkvertical.htm

3) Describe problem: Not a problem so much, but we would like to see the drop-out menus sit side by side vs. stacked on top of each other.

Example:
Button 1 --> My Link #1 | My Link #2 | My Link #3

What do we need to change to make that happen?

[ddadmin]

It mainly comes down to just editing the CSS for the drop down DIV ("#dropmenudiv") to float left. You must also remove the default inline width CSS property within the DIV inside the script:

document.write('<div id="dropmenudiv" style="visibility:hidden;" onMouseover="clearhidemenu()" onMouseout="dynamichide(event)"></div>')

Here's an example of how the result may look. You may need to change a few other things to get it the way you want it to look:

<style type="text/css">

#dropmenudiv{
position:absolute;
background-color: #E3FFB0;
border:1px solid black;
border-width: 1px 0 0 1px;
font:normal 12px Verdana;
line-height:18px;
z-index:100;
overflow: hidden;
}

#dropmenudiv a{
display: block;
float: left;
text-indent: 3px;
border-bottom: 1px solid black;
border-right: 1px solid black;
padding: 1px 0;
padding-right: 5px;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
}

#dropmenudiv a:hover{ /*hover background color*/
background-color: #C7FF5E;
}

/* Sample CSS definition for the example list. Remove if desired */
.navlist li {
list-style-type: square;
width: 135px;
background-color: #FFFFB9;
}

</style>


<script type="text/javascript">

/***********************************************
* AnyLink Vertical Menu- © Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

//Contents for menu 1
var menu1=new Array()
menu1[0]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com">JavaScript Kit</a>'
menu1[1]='<a href="http://www.freewarejava.com">Freewarejava.com</a>'
menu1[2]='<a href="http://codingforums.com">Coding Forums</a>'
menu1[3]='<a href="http://www.cssdrive.com">CSS Drive</a>'
menu1[4]='<a href="http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/imageoptimizer/">Image Optimizer</a>'


//Contents for menu 2, and so on
var menu2=new Array()
menu2[0]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/cutpastejava.shtml">Free JavaScripts</a>'
menu2[1]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/javaindex.shtml">JavaScript tutorials</a>'
menu2[2]='<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk">JavaScript Reference</a>'
menu2[4]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/java/">Java Applets</a>'
menu2[3]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/dhtmltutors/">DHTML & CSS</a>'
menu2[4]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/">Design Tutorials</a>'
		
var disappeardelay=250  //menu disappear speed onMouseout (in miliseconds)
var horizontaloffset=2 //horizontal offset of menu from default location. (0-5 is a good value)

/////No further editting needed

var ie4=document.all
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all

if (ie4||ns6)
document.write('<div id="dropmenudiv" style="visibility:hidden;" onMouseover="clearhidemenu()" onMouseout="dynamichide(event)"></div>')

function getposOffset(what, offsettype){
var totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? what.offsetLeft : what.offsetTop;
var parentEl=what.offsetParent;
while (parentEl!=null){
totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? totaloffset+parentEl.offsetLeft : totaloffset+parentEl.offsetTop;
parentEl=parentEl.offsetParent;
}
return totaloffset;
}


function showhide(obj, e, visible, hidden, menuwidth){
if (ie4||ns6)
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.style.top=-500
dropmenuobj.widthobj=dropmenuobj.style
dropmenuobj.widthobj.width=menuwidth
if (e.type=="click" && obj.visibility==hidden || e.type=="mouseover")
obj.visibility=visible
else if (e.type=="click")
obj.visibility=hidden
}

function iecompattest(){
return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
}

function clearbrowseredge(obj, whichedge){
var edgeoffset=0
if (whichedge=="rightedge"){
var windowedge=ie4 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollLeft+iecompattest().clientWidth-15 : window.pageXOffset+window.innerWidth-15
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetWidth
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.x-obj.offsetWidth < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure+obj.offsetWidth
}
else{
var topedge=ie4 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop : window.pageYOffset
var windowedge=ie4 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop+iecompattest().clientHeight-15 : window.pageYOffset+window.innerHeight-18
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetHeight
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.y < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure){ //move menu up?
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure-obj.offsetHeight
if ((dropmenuobj.y-topedge)<dropmenuobj.contentmeasure) //up no good either? (position at top of viewable window then)
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.y
}
}
return edgeoffset
}

function populatemenu(what){
if (ie4||ns6)
dropmenuobj.innerHTML=what.join("")
}


function dropdownmenu(obj, e, menucontents, menuwidth){
if (window.event) event.cancelBubble=true
else if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation()
clearhidemenu()
dropmenuobj=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("dropmenudiv") : dropmenudiv
populatemenu(menucontents)

if (ie4||ns6){
showhide(dropmenuobj.style, e, "visible", "hidden", menuwidth)
dropmenuobj.x=getposOffset(obj, "left")
dropmenuobj.y=getposOffset(obj, "top")
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.x-clearbrowseredge(obj, "rightedge")+obj.offsetWidth+horizontaloffset+"px"
dropmenuobj.style.top=dropmenuobj.y-clearbrowseredge(obj, "bottomedge")+"px"
}

return clickreturnvalue()
}

function clickreturnvalue(){
if (ie4||ns6) return false
else return true
}

function contains_ns6(a, b) {
while (b.parentNode)
if ((b = b.parentNode) == a)
return true;
return false;
}

function dynamichide(e){
if (ie4&&!dropmenuobj.contains(e.toElement))
delayhidemenu()
else if (ns6&&e.currentTarget!= e.relatedTarget&& !contains_ns6(e.currentTarget, e.relatedTarget))
delayhidemenu()
}

function hidemenu(e){
if (typeof dropmenuobj!="undefined"){
if (ie4||ns6)
dropmenuobj.style.visibility="hidden"
}
}

function delayhidemenu(){
if (ie4||ns6)
delayhide=setTimeout("hidemenu()",disappeardelay)
}

function clearhidemenu(){
if (typeof delayhide!="undefined")
clearTimeout(delayhide)
}

</script>

<body>

<a href="default.htm" onMouseover="dropdownmenu(this, event, menu1)" onMouseout="delayhidemenu()">Webmaster Links</a><br />

<!-- Activate menu onclick instead 
<a href="default.htm" onClick="return dropdownmenu(this, event, menu1)" onMouseout="delayhidemenu()">Webmaster Links</a><br />
-->

<ul class="navlist">
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com">Dynamic Drive</a></li>
<li onMouseover="dropdownmenu(this, event, menu2)" onMouseout="delayhidemenu()"><a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com">JavaScript Kit</a> <span style="position: relative; left: 30px">></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com">CSS Drive</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.codingforums.com">Coding Forums</a></li>
</ul>

[vlane95678]

I totally appreciate your input!

I cut the sample script you posted and I receive an error.

The scripts are in the right area, the first two in the <head> and the last in the <body>.

When I try to use to use the menu it errors with:

Line 98, Character 1, error invalid argument

Any ideas?

[vlane95678]

Here is the page set up with only the sample code you posted which throws up an error as described in the previous post:
http://www.mexicoxpatz.com/a.htm

Here it is with our own code, there is no error, but you can see the menus are not side by side:
http://www.mexicoxpatz.com/b.htm

[ddadmin]

Ah yes, an oversight in my code. Here is the corrected code in its entirety:

<style type="text/css">

#dropmenudiv{
position:absolute;
background-color: #E3FFB0;
border:1px solid black;
border-width: 1px 0 0 1px;
font:normal 12px Verdana;
line-height:18px;
z-index:100;
overflow: hidden;
}

#dropmenudiv a{
display: block;
float: left;
text-indent: 3px;
border-bottom: 1px solid black;
border-right: 1px solid black;
padding: 1px 0;
padding-right: 5px;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
}

#dropmenudiv a:hover{ /*hover background color*/
background-color: #C7FF5E;
}

/* Sample CSS definition for the example list. Remove if desired */
.navlist li {
list-style-type: square;
width: 135px;
background-color: #FFFFB9;
}

</style>



<script type="text/javascript">

/***********************************************
* AnyLink Vertical Menu- © Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

//Contents for menu 1
var menu1=new Array()
menu1[0]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com">JavaScript Kit</a>'
menu1[1]='<a href="http://www.freewarejava.com">Freewarejava.com</a>'
menu1[2]='<a href="http://codingforums.com">Coding Forums</a>'
menu1[3]='<a href="http://www.cssdrive.com">CSS Drive</a>'
menu1[4]='<a href="http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/imageoptimizer/">Image Optimizer</a>'


//Contents for menu 2, and so on
var menu2=new Array()
menu2[0]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/cutpastejava.shtml">Free JavaScripts</a>'
menu2[1]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/javaindex.shtml">JavaScript tutorials</a>'
menu2[2]='<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk">JavaScript Reference</a>'
menu2[4]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/java/">Java Applets</a>'
menu2[3]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/dhtmltutors/">DHTML & CSS</a>'
menu2[4]='<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/">Design Tutorials</a>'
		
var disappeardelay=250  //menu disappear speed onMouseout (in miliseconds)
var horizontaloffset=2 //horizontal offset of menu from default location. (0-5 is a good value)

/////No further editting needed

var ie4=document.all
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all

if (ie4||ns6)
document.write('<div id="dropmenudiv" style="visibility:hidden;" onMouseover="clearhidemenu()" onMouseout="dynamichide(event)"></div>')

function getposOffset(what, offsettype){
var totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? what.offsetLeft : what.offsetTop;
var parentEl=what.offsetParent;
while (parentEl!=null){
totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? totaloffset+parentEl.offsetLeft : totaloffset+parentEl.offsetTop;
parentEl=parentEl.offsetParent;
}
return totaloffset;
}


function showhide(obj, e, visible, hidden, menuwidth){
if (ie4||ns6)
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.style.top=-500
dropmenuobj.widthobj=dropmenuobj.style
//dropmenuobj.widthobj.width=menuwidth
if (e.type=="click" && obj.visibility==hidden || e.type=="mouseover")
obj.visibility=visible
else if (e.type=="click")
obj.visibility=hidden
}

function iecompattest(){
return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
}

function clearbrowseredge(obj, whichedge){
var edgeoffset=0
if (whichedge=="rightedge"){
var windowedge=ie4 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollLeft+iecompattest().clientWidth-15 : window.pageXOffset+window.innerWidth-15
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetWidth
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.x-obj.offsetWidth < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure+obj.offsetWidth
}
else{
var topedge=ie4 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop : window.pageYOffset
var windowedge=ie4 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop+iecompattest().clientHeight-15 : window.pageYOffset+window.innerHeight-18
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetHeight
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.y < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure){ //move menu up?
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure-obj.offsetHeight
if ((dropmenuobj.y-topedge)<dropmenuobj.contentmeasure) //up no good either? (position at top of viewable window then)
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.y
}
}
return edgeoffset
}

function populatemenu(what){
if (ie4||ns6)
dropmenuobj.innerHTML=what.join("")
}


function dropdownmenu(obj, e, menucontents, menuwidth){
if (window.event) event.cancelBubble=true
else if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation()
clearhidemenu()
dropmenuobj=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("dropmenudiv") : dropmenudiv
populatemenu(menucontents)

if (ie4||ns6){
showhide(dropmenuobj.style, e, "visible", "hidden", menuwidth)
dropmenuobj.x=getposOffset(obj, "left")
dropmenuobj.y=getposOffset(obj, "top")
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.x-clearbrowseredge(obj, "rightedge")+obj.offsetWidth+horizontaloffset+"px"
dropmenuobj.style.top=dropmenuobj.y-clearbrowseredge(obj, "bottomedge")+"px"
}

return clickreturnvalue()
}

function clickreturnvalue(){
if (ie4||ns6) return false
else return true
}

function contains_ns6(a, b) {
while (b.parentNode)
if ((b = b.parentNode) == a)
return true;
return false;
}

function dynamichide(e){
if (ie4&&!dropmenuobj.contains(e.toElement))
delayhidemenu()
else if (ns6&&e.currentTarget!= e.relatedTarget&& !contains_ns6(e.currentTarget, e.relatedTarget))
delayhidemenu()
}

function hidemenu(e){
if (typeof dropmenuobj!="undefined"){
if (ie4||ns6)
dropmenuobj.style.visibility="hidden"
}
}

function delayhidemenu(){
if (ie4||ns6)
delayhide=setTimeout("hidemenu()",disappeardelay)
}

function clearhidemenu(){
if (typeof delayhide!="undefined")
clearTimeout(delayhide)
}

</script>

<body>

<a href="default.htm" onMouseover="dropdownmenu(this, event, menu1, '165px')" onMouseout="delayhidemenu()">Webmaster Links</a><br />

<!-- Activate menu onclick instead 
<a href="default.htm" onClick="return dropdownmenu(this, event, menu1, '165px')" onMouseout="delayhidemenu()">Webmaster Links</a><br />
-->

<ul class="navlist">
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com">Dynamic Drive</a></li>
<li onMouseover="dropdownmenu(this, event, menu2, '150px')" onMouseout="delayhidemenu()"><a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com">JavaScript Kit</a> <span style="position: relative; left: 30px">></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com">CSS Drive</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.codingforums.com">Coding Forums</a></li>
</ul>