Drop Down Panel Closes After TimeoutPeriod

[grayson]

1) Script Title: DD Drop Down Panel

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

3) Describe problem: I edited the js file so the panel is open upon entering a page. I am not sure how to code the panel to close after X seconds and would like it to only appear open once per browser session. Is this possible? Thank you in advance!! - Grayson

[ddadmin]

The code:

panelinstance.togglepanel('up')

can be called to dynamically close a panel (where "panelinstance" is the name of the variable used when initializing it). Having said that, you can do something like the following to close a panel after x seconds:

setTimeout(function(){
	panelinstance.togglepanel('up')
}, 5000)

where 5000 is in milliseconds here.

[grayson]

Thank you for your quick reply!!!

[jonboy]

This is a great little feature to have, but I can't seem to get it work the way I'm after.

Is there a method to have the initial state as down, and when the user toggles up (no timeout limit) then it won't appear again until they toggle down. Can I do this with with cookies?

I've tried changing the function ddpanel(setting){ setting.dir="up" to down, then toggle close, but when I refresh the page, it always shows in the down state.

Cheers