JavaScript - Hv Menu Overlapping Challenge

I'm creating a menu using html, css and a javascript, I found a tutorial to follow online. What I am trying to achieve is when the mouse hovers over the menu items, each item will have a different colour background. the problem is that i can do this but it only works with one colour and not different colours.

this is the html:

Code:

<ul>
<li><a href="1.php">Things</a></li>
<li><a href="2.php">Animals</a>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="2-1.php">Cani</a>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="2-1-1.php">Domestic dogs</a></li>
          <li><a href="2-1-2.php">Wolves</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a href="2-2.php">Felidae</a>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="2-2-1.php">Domestic cats</a></li>
          <li><a href="2-2-2.php">Wild cats</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
  </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="3.php">Humans</a></li>
</ul>

the css is as follows:

Code:

div#s1 {
width: 200px;          /* menu width */
}

div#s1 ul {
background-color: #036;
list-style-type: none; /* get rid of the bullets */
padding:0;             /* no padding */
margin:0;              /* no margin for IE either */
}

div#s1 ul li {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background-color: #036;
display:block;
border-top: 1px solid white; /* lines */
}

div#s1 ul li a {
display: block;         /* lines extend to right, make area clickable */
color: white;
background-color: #036;
padding: 3px 3px 3px 23px;
margin:0;
text-decoration: none;
height:15px;           /* hint for IE, alternatively remove whitespace from HTML */
}

div#s1 ul ul li a {
margin-left: 20px;     /* indent level 1 */
}

div#s1 ul ul ul li a {
margin-left: 40px;     /* indent level 2 */
}

div#s1 ul ul ul ul li a {
margin-left: 60px;     /* indent level 3 */
}

div#s1 li ul, div#s1 li.open li.closed ul {
display: none;         /* collapse */
}

div#s1 li.open ul {
display: block;        /* expand */
}

div#s1 ul li.open a {
background-image: url(bullet_open.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

div#s1 ul li.closed a {
background-image: url(bullet_closed.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

div#s1 ul li.leaf a {
background-image: url(bullet_leaf.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

div#s1 li.active a {
background-position: 0px -20px;
color: red;            /* highlight text */
}

div#s1 li.active li a {
background-position: 0px 0px;
color: white;          /* fix lower levels */
}

div#s1 ul li a:hover {
color: red;
background-color: #06C; /* rollover effect */
}

and finally the javascript:

Code:

var menu_active_class = "active";
var menu_leaf_class = "leaf";
var menu_open_class = "open";
var menu_closed_class = "closed";

//the default page that is displayed if URL ends in /
var menu_default_page = "index.php";
var menu_url;

//main function
//menu_id : id of the element containing the navigation
function menu_main(menu_id) {
 var url = location.href;
 if (url.lastIndexOf("/") == (url.length-1)) {
   url = url+menu_default_page;
 }
 if (url.lastIndexOf("?") >= 0) {
   url = url.substring(0, url.lastIndexOf("?"));
 }
 if (url.lastIndexOf("#") >= 0) {
   url = url.substring(0, url.lastIndexOf("#"));
 }
 menu_url = url;

 var main = document.getElementById(menu_id);
 if (!main) alert("No element with id '"+ menu_id +"' found");
 menu_traverse(main);
 }

 /* Walks down the subtree and on the way back
 sets properties.
 returns bit set
         1: set = element is a node, unset = element is a leaf
         2: set = element contains the active node
         4: set = element is the active A node
*/
function menu_traverse(element) {
var props  = 0;

// walk down
for (var i=0; i<element.childNodes.length; i++) {
  var child = element.childNodes[i];
  props |= menu_traverse(child); // aggregate bits
}

// on the way back now
switch (element.tagName) {
  case "UL":
    props |= 1;
    break;

  case "LI":
    var c1 = (props & 1) ? 
               ((props & (2|4)) ? menu_open_class : menu_closed_class)
             : menu_leaf_class; 
    element.className = element.className ? element.className+" "+c1 : c1;
    if (props & 4) {
      if (!(props & 2)) element.className += " "+menu_active_class;
      props |= 2;
      props &= 1 | 2; // reset bit 4
    }
    break;

  case "A":
    if (props & 2) break; // once is enough
    var href = element.getAttribute("href");
    if (menu_isSameUrl(menu_url, href)) props |= 4;
    break;
  }

  return props;
}

//matches two URIs when href is the last part of url
//.. and . are correctly resolved
function menu_isSameUrl(url, href) {
var a = url.split(/[?\/]/i);
var b = href.split(/[?\/]/i);
var i = a.length - 1;
var j = b.length - 1;
while ((i >= 0) && (j >= 0)) {
  if (b[j] == "..") { j-=2; continue; }
  if (a[i] == "..") { i-=2; continue; }
  if ((b[j] == ".") || (b[j] == "")) { j--; continue; }
  if ((a[i] == ".") || (a[i] == "")) { i--; continue; }
  if (! (a[i] == b[j])) return false;
  i--;
  j--;
 }
 return true;
}

New to this forum but hope this will explain my problem, any help is much appreciated!

thanks!!

Jesper

Hi all, this is my first post so forgive me for any errors but i'll try and give all the information i can. i use Xara Designer Pro and i have used a 3rd party software to create a html menu however i have a html loading screen on my site and the menu always appears on top of the screen and while the screen is loading, this is the only thing that appears on top everything else is fine, i have put this to the people on the xara forums and the opinion is that its probably the JS file that the menu is using that is telling it to appear on top. i was wondering what i should look for to determin this problem or if someone could take a look at it for me? i'll upload the JS here and see if anyone can help. my site is at www.pcevo.co.uk however you need to CTRL + F5 to refresh wihtout the cache to see the loading screen if you are on a fast connection.

I am having trouble with a sub-menu of the 1st item only and can not seem to figure it out. All the others are fine. Any help is appreciated. Here is the code:

var NoOffFirstLineMenus=7; // Number of first level items
var LowBgColor='white'; // Background color when mouse is not over
var LowSubBgColor='white'; // Background color when mouse is not over on subs
var HighBgColor='black'; // Background color when mouse is over
var HighSubBgColor='black'; // Background color when mouse is over on subs
var FontLowColor='black'; // Font color when mouse is not over
var FontSubLowColor='black'; // Font color subs when mouse is not over
var FontHighColor='white'; // Font color when mouse is over
var FontSubHighColor='white'; // Font color subs when mouse is over
var BorderColor='black'; // Border color
var BorderSubColor='black'; // Border color for subs
var BorderWidth=1; // Border width
var BorderBtwnElmnts=1; // Border between elements 1 or 0
var FontFamily="arial,comic sans ms,technical" // Font family menu items
var FontSize=9; // Font size menu items
var FontBold=1; // Bold menu items 1 or 0
var FontItalic=0; // Italic menu items 1 or 0
var MenuTextCentered='center'; // Item text position 'left', 'center' or 'right'
var MenuCentered='center'; // Menu horizontal position 'left', 'center' or 'right'
var MenuVerticalCentered='top'; // Menu vertical position 'top', 'middle','bottom' or static
var ChildOverlap=.2; // horizontal overlap child/ parent
var ChildVerticalOverlap=.2; // vertical overlap child/ parent
var StartTop=05; // Menu offset x coordinate
var StartLeft=05; // Menu offset y coordinate
var VerCorrect=0; // Multiple frames y correction
var HorCorrect=0; // Multiple frames x correction
var LeftPaddng=3; // Left padding
var TopPaddng=2; // Top padding
var FirstLineHorizontal=1; // SET TO 1 FOR HORIZONTAL MENU, 0 FOR VERTICAL
var MenuFramesVertical=1; // Frames in cols or rows 1 or 0
var DissapearDelay=1000; // delay before menu folds in
var TakeOverBgColor=1; // Menu frame takes over background color subitem frame
var FirstLineFrame='navig'; // Frame where first level appears
var SecLineFrame='space'; // Frame where sub levels appear
var DocTargetFrame='space'; // Frame where target documents appear
var TargetLoc=''; // span id for relative positioning
var HideTop=0; // Hide first level when loading new document 1 or 0
var MenuWrap=1; // enables/ disables menu wrap 1 or 0
var RightToLeft=0; // enables/ disables right to left unfold 1 or 0
var UnfoldsOnClick=0; // Level 1 unfolds onclick/ onmouseover
var WebMasterCheck=0; // menu tree checking on or off 1 or 0
var ShowArrow=1; // Uses arrow gifs when 1
var KeepHilite=1; // Keep selected path highligthed
var Arrws=['tri.gif',5,10,'tridown.gif',10,5,'trileft.gif',5,10]; // Arrow source, width and height

function BeforeStart(){return}
function AfterBuild(){return}
function BeforeFirstOpen(){return}
function AfterCloseAll(){return}


// Menu tree
// MenuX=new Array(Text to show, Link, background image (optional), number of sub elements, height, width);
// For rollover images set "Text to show" to: "rollover:Image1.jpg:Image2.jpg"

Menu1=new Array("Home","","",3);
Menu1_1=new Array("The Ayllu","The Ayllu.htm","",0,20,150);
Menu1_2=new Array("Acknow","Acknowledgement.htm","",0);
Menu1_3=new Array("Prayer","Prayer.htm","",0);

Menu2=new Array("About Us","","",4);
Menu2_1=new Array("Debra","bio.htm","",0,20,150);
Menu2_2=new Array("Seamus","Seamus.htm","",0);
Menu2_3=new Array("Locations","location.htm","",0);
Menu2_4=new Array("Contact Us","contact.htm","",0);

Menu3=new Array("Services","","",7);
Menu3_1=new Array("Shamanic Healing","http://www.Ayllu.us/Shamanic Healing.htm","",0,20,150);
Menu3_2=new Array("Shamanic Counseling","http://www.Ayllu.us/Shamanic Counseling.htm","",0);
Menu3_3=new Array("Sacred Ceremonies","http://www.Ayllu.us/Sacred Ceremonies.htm","",0);
Menu3_4=new Array("Sacred Body Work","http://www.Ayllu.us/sbw.htm","",0);
Menu3_5=new Array("Full Moon Crystal Bowl","http://www.Ayllu.us/fm.htm","",0);
Menu3_6=new Array("Sound Healing","http://www.Ayllu.us/Sound Healing.htm","",0);
Menu3_7=new Array("LaHo-Chi","http://www.Ayllu.us/lahochi.htm","",0);

Menu4=new Array("Calendar","http://www.ayllu.us/calendar.htm","",0);

Menu5=new Array("Gallery","http://www.ayllu.us/gallery.html","",0);

Menu6=new Array("Articles","","",3);
Menu6_1=new Array("Test 1","http://www.Ayllu.us/blank.htm","",0,20,150);
Menu6_2=new Array("Test 2","http://www.Ayllu.us/blank.htm","",0);
Menu6_3=new Array("Test 3","http://www.Ayllu.us/blank.htm","",0);

Menu7=new Array("Links","http://www.ayllu.us/links.htm","",0);

? how would i make it for a menu so you could press it and it would go down to click on a link.

Hi there,

I am trying to create "sideways" sub menus off of my main vertical menu images.
(Something like this example: http://netweblogic.com/demos/ddm/vddm-nomoo.htm
but in the place of Menu Item 1, Menu Item 2, Menu Item 3 there would be roll over images.)

The main vertical menu items I have are rollover images.
I would like the sub menu to appear when you hover over the main menu item.

When I attempt this using the above example, all of my other CSS and JS does not work.

Any help on how to link my rollover menu images to the sub menu would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Here is the code for my menu (I have only included 2 menu items here, if you need more info please let me know):


Code:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}
function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}
//-->
</script>
</head>

<body onload="MM_preloadImages('images/buttons/teamandcorpsports.jpg','images/buttons/performancesports.jpg','images/buttons/flagsandbanners.jpg','images/buttons/home.jpg','images/buttons/catalogues.jpg','images/buttons/galleries.jpg','images/buttons/designown.jpg','images/buttons/dealerlogin.jpg','images/buttons/contactus.jpg','images/buttons/dealersignup.jpg')">

<div id="wrapper">
<div id="header">
<h1>&nbsp;</h1>
</div>


<!-- Main content -->
<div id="content">
<div style="text-align:center">
       <img id="pic" src="images/slideshow/slideshow1.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="slideshow" />
   </div>

   <script type="text/javascript" src="slideshow.js"></script>
</div>




<!-- Site navigation menu -->
<div id="navcontainer">
<ul>
<li><a href="index.html" onmouseout="MM_swapImgRestore()" onmouseover="MM_swapImage('teamandcorpsports1','','images/buttons/teamandcorpsports.jpg',1)"><img src="images/buttons/teamandcorpsports1.jpg" alt="Team and Corporate Sports" name="teamandcorpsports1" width="224" height="37" border="0" id="teamandcorpsports1" /></a></li>

<li><a href="index.html" onmouseout="MM_swapImgRestore()" onmouseover="MM_swapImage('performancesports1','','images/buttons/performancesports.jpg',1)"><img src="images/buttons/performancesports1.jpg" alt="Performance Sports" name="performancesports1" width="224" height="37" border="0" id="performancesports1" /></a></li>

Here is my CSS code for the menu, not sure if this is where the issue is?

Code:

/* navigation menu */
#navcontainer ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0; 
list-style-type: none; /* removes bullets */
background-image:url('background.jpg');
}

#navcontainer li {
margin: 0 0 0 0; /* separates list items */
}

#navcontainer a
{
display: block; /* achieves rollover */

width: 250px; /* list width */

text-decoration: none;

}

Hello all,

I am currently looking to create a JavaScript menu for a website I am working on. It currently expands and collapses on click. The code in question is pasted below:-

menu_status = new Array();

function showHide(theid){
if (document.getElementById) {
var switch_id = document.getElementById(theid);

if(menu_status[theid] != 'show') {
switch_id.className = 'show';
menu_status[theid] = 'show';
}else{
switch_id.className = 'hide';
menu_status[theid] = 'hide';
}
}
}

As you can see, it basically shows and hides the menu (when clicked). I want it to open the menu when clicked and close when another menu is opened. I have looked and have not been able to find a solution into it. Ideally I donot want it to be a long piece of code as I do have a working menu but with many more lines of JavaScript than the one I have posted.

I need a solution to it urgently, your help is appreciated.

Thanks

I know how to edit the CSS, and minute parts of the JavaScript code (for example; speed of the drop). The problem is, I had a massive amount of help making the Javascript side of the menu, and do not know how to edit it...

I want the rules to still apply, where only one can be expanded at a time (one of the first drops, and then only one of the sub-drops). I noticed in the code, I can edit it so there can be more than one drop, but that would mean, the whole menu could be expanded

Also, I want my sub-drops. to have different span colour than the main drop. but trhe links and such, (everything else about it) can be the same....

My live demo is here!


Thank you for any help and/or advice in advance,
Best Regards,
Tim

Hello,

I posted a question on here last week about using two independent yet identical javascript menus, visible he

http://rebeccabersohn.com/

They are working perfectly in Firefox, but seem to be having some problems in Safari. Occasionally they work, however after a reload they seem to get "stuck". I have not been able to test the page on any other browsers, but of course it would be ideal if it could work everywhere (even ie6!!)

I'm new to javascript and am unable to locate my problem.

Thank you!

Hi!
I'm relatively new to JavaScript, though I've done some PHP and Java programming before. Still, be gentle .

I have a menu with some images as the links. These images have onmouseover() and onmouseout() functions where the image is changed (onmouseover makes the image blue, while the onmouseout restores the original white).

Now, my problem is that I also want to make the link corresponding to the currently open page to stay blue all the time, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do it. I've tried with

onClick="document.[IMG].src='blue'"

but clearly, as the page reloads to open the chosen link, the image is reset to white. I've also tried some other, unsuccessful solutions that don't need mentioning here...

How do I make the image stay blue even when the page is reloaded? I'd be really happy if you could point me towards some examples of this being done.

This is parts of my code (it's not much and I know it's a bit of a mess, it's in the developmental stages...):

Code:

function printHTMLTop()
{
var html = '<div class="main" id="main"> \
<div class="header" id="header">\
<div class="topHeader" name="topHeader"> \
<div class="logo" name="logo"><a href="index.php"><img src="logoBlue02.png" /></a></div> \
&nbsp; \
</div> \
<div class="midHeader" name="midHeader"><img src="midHeadImg.png" /></div> \
<div class="bottomHeader" name="bottomHeader"> \
<div class="menu" name="menu"><a href="index.php"><img name="hem" id="hem" src="menu_HemW.png" onmouseover="document.hem.src=\'menu_HemB.png\'" onmouseout="document.hem.src=\'menu_HemW.png\'" /></a></div> \
<div class="menu" name="menu"><a href="Contract.php"><img name="skapa" src="menu_SkapakontraktW.png" onmouseover="document.skapa.src=\'menu_SkapakontraktB.png\'" onmouseout="document.skapa.src=\'menu_SkapakontraktW.png\'" /></a></div> \
<div class="menu" name="menu"><a href="gbookAdd.php"><img name="gbook" src="menu_GbookW.png" onmouseover="document.gbook.src=\'menu_GbookB.png\'" onmouseout="document.gbook.src=\'menu_GbookW.png\'" /></a></div> \
<div class="menu" name="menu"><a href="Forskning.html"><img name="forskning" src="menu_ForskningW.png" onmouseover="document.forskning.src=\'menu_ForskningB.png\'" onmouseout="document.forskning.src=\'menu_ForskningW.png\'" /></a></div> \
<div class="menu" name="menu"><a href="Intervjuer.html"><img name="intervju" src="menu_IntervjuerW.png" onmouseover="document.intervju.src=\'menu_IntervjuerB.png\'" onmouseout="document.intervju.src=\'menu_IntervjuerW.png\'" /></a></div> \
<div class="menu" name="menu"><a href="Ungdom.html"><img name="ungdom" src="menu_UngdomW.png" onmouseover="document.ungdom.src=\'menu_UngdomB.png\'" onmouseout="document.ungdom.src=\'menu_UngdomW.png\'" /></a></div> \
<div class="menu" name="menu"><a href="Lankar.html"><img name="lank" src="menu_LankarW.png" onmouseover="this.src=\'menu_LankarB.png\'" onmouseout="this.src=\'menu_LankarW.png\'" /></a></div> \
</div> \
</div> \
<div class="mid" id="mid">';

document.write(html);
}

Thanks for your help!

I want to create a opaque menu that I can quickly access custom short-cuts etc, how can I create this for use with a specific program ?

Hi there guys, nive beiing a part of this forum, hope to have some help in a issue, many forums couldnt responde to me or guide me for a solution, i have a menu of a site, and i liked to when is clicked a submenu of a menu that gets expand the menu stays open. for examplo of you guys go to this site of mine

http://bonuccidesigns.cer33.com

And go to link "Services", and click in a submenu named Services1, the menu Services closes...i liked to do is when i click in submenu services1 the menu services stays open, could someone help me?

the code that gerantes the animation is "utils.js

Hope for some help guys

Be well

Can anyone tell me how or point me to a tutorial which shows how to go about coding a drop down menu "without a button", where i can store all my links.
Thanks

Hello to all,
I have a little problem with my accordion menu and I CRAVE for your help!

I try to make this: when you visit my page I need the menu to be all collapsed.
Also the history of clicks (it remembers which menus where left opened) works fine on IE but not on firefox.

Here is the js code:

function add_menu_event_handlers()
{
var elems = document.getElementsByTagName('h3');
for (i = 0; i < elems.length; i++)
{
switch (elems[i].parentNode.className)
{
/*case 'moduletable':
case 'moduletable_menu':*/
case 'left_module_title':
case 'left_module_title_menu':
{
if (elems[i].parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.id == 'xp-left')
{
xplike_addEvent(elems[i], 'click', function(){menu_header_click(this);});
// menu_header_click(elems[i]);
//Load status from cookies and collapse if required
var cookie_array = document.cookie.split(';');
for(var j=0; j<cookie_array.length; j++)
{
var c = cookie_array[j];
while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
if (c.indexOf('xplike_menu_status_' + elems[i].firstChild.nodeValue.replace('.', '_').replace(' ', '_')) == 0)
{
var menu_cookie = c.split('=')
if (menu_cookie.length == 2 && menu_cookie[1] == '1')
{
menu_header_click(elems[i]);
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}


And it also has this for the history thing.

function save_menu_status(menu_title, value, how_many_days)
{
var date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime()+(how_many_days*24*60*6 0*1000));
var expires = "";
document.cookie = 'xplike_menu_status_' + menu_title.replace('.', '_').replace(' ', '_') + '=' + value + expires + '; path=/';
}

It might be easy and stupid, I know, but since I'm a designer - not a developer - all look weird to me!
Any thoughts?

Hey,

I'm working on a large demo created with html/css. It has well over a hundred pages with a left column navigation of normal links. I am trying to make this demo product specific with a page asking what product they are using before they enter the demo. Based on the users selection I want to have some of the pages be more product specific with different content and hide some pages.

To create this I could just duplicate my html files to have one for each product with its respective navigation (basically resulting in two seperate demos). That however would be a nightmare for future updates. Anyone know how to script this? Any help would be awesome!