Drop down menus

edbarton · 04-11-2004, 06:19 AM

For one of my latest sites, I am in need of some javascript drop down menus. Can anybody recommend some good ones. I want them to have an opacity of about 80% and just be div tags called up (or something like this) on rollover. I want no fancy effects and I want them to work well on all major browsers and degrade gracefully.

Any solutions?

edbarton · 04-11-2004, 06:19 AM

oh yeah, don't post the Hotscripts link, I want to know one that will meet my needs.

Jazzee · 04-11-2004, 07:07 AM

Here's one. Not sure if it is what you are looking for or not. http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...men3/index.htm

edbarton · 04-11-2004, 07:17 AM

Sort of, I want something along the lines of what they have at www.ceonex.com

edbarton · 04-13-2004, 02:03 PM

Any other ideas, I've seen a few but they aren't exactly what I need.

Pipeline-Webdesign · 04-13-2004, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cardesign

Sort of, I want something along the lines of what they have at www.ceonex.com

since you already like there menus... why don't you learn from there menus? if you look at there page source in the <head></head> tag... it calls for the .js that they use in order for the magic to happen

[code:1:f4df44d944]<head>
<script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript" src="scripts/coolmenus4.js"></script>
<script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript" src="scripts/preload.js"></script>
</head>[/code:1:f4df44d944]

so download the JS and study it. figure out what it does and implement it into what you want it. DON'T USE it... just use it as a tool for your own learning.

http://www.ceonex.com/scripts/coolmenus4.js
http://www.ceonex.com/scripts/preload.js

Let me know if you need any help understanding the JS

edbarton · 04-13-2004, 02:15 PM

I do sort of understand it, but not nearly enough to go anywhere near to replicating it. There is so much code, in the coolmenus file alone.

Pipeline-Webdesign · 04-13-2004, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cardesign

I do sort of understand it, but not nearly enough to go anywhere near to replicating it. There is so much code, in the coolmenus file alone.

yea i agree... but actually learning what it does and being able to manipulate will not only make your menus bada$$... but it will make you feel so much better after it's done ... just my

scisoft · 04-14-2004, 01:55 AM

Nope. Some time ago I even bought a javascript book to modify similar menu (www.entu.cas.cz) just to find out that I cannot affort the time required to learn this stuff. So my feelings were rather adverse - a lot of time which should be used for webdesign was lost and the menu is still as clumsy as it was. I am not a newbee programmer but the advanced javascript is extremely messy. You need to invest a realy great amount of time to get to the sufficient level to undestand these complex scripts.

**LazyJim** · 04-14-2004, 06:35 AM

I recommend sucker-fish dropdowns.
They work in IE when you add a bit of JavaScript but otherwise they are Pure structural HTML and presentation + behavioural CSS.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dropdowns

Fruit & Veg · 04-14-2004, 09:38 AM

http://www.milonic.com/

SN3 · 04-14-2004, 10:01 AM

WOW! That's awesome!

Fusion · 04-14-2004, 10:57 AM

Could always use Flash.

edbarton · 04-14-2004, 12:58 PM

OK, firstly I did try the Alistapart example yesterday, but I didn't get any result, partly due to a lot of code configuring. If I can replicate what I did again, I'll show you.

That milonic site looks pretty good, but I was wondering if there is any way to diminish the fading effect in IE.

I'd probably prefer not to use flash due to the drop down menus requiring to go over an image, and it probably getting a bit complicated.

Thanks for the options

Fruit & Veg · 04-14-2004, 02:36 PM

I've used that Milonic one and you can basically do anything you want. That fading effect could be changed.

gheuntak · 04-15-2004, 03:19 AM

On www.ceonex.com, they have used COOLMENU from Thomas Brattli of http://www.dhtmlcentral.com/. You can also download various menus from that site and configure according to your needs.

**LazyJim** · 04-15-2004, 05:30 AM

what went wrong with the suckerfish one?

edbarton · 04-15-2004, 06:52 AM

It just didn't appear in IE after configuring. Plus on rollover, I couldn't hover over the text without it disappearing. Most likely something I mucked up.