JavaScript - How To Add Link To Sub-menu? Please Help

Hi Exprts,

I am using a (anylink)javascript menu from dynamic drive. Basically I am having a design issue but posting the problem here because I think this can be fixed through JS.

Please download the attached files. You will see the menu & the sub menu on mouse over. Problem is that.... when the submenu appears & I take my mouse to the sub menu, the parent item hover style disappears. I mean, it doesn't look active. I just want the parent item active when users moves his/her mouse to sub menu. Thats all.

Please suggest me any solutions for this. Thank you in advance.

I'm working on a technical document that has a glossary section. When I use a technical term, I link to its definition in the glossary then provide a return link to return the user to whence they came. But if I use that same term again, and if I want to link it to the glossary, I need to duplicate the glossary entry in order to provide a return link that returns them to the right place. Is there some way I could link them to the glossary and embed a unique return link in the link to the glossary?

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.

I've been using this slidehsow but each time I click on a link (Newsflash) it goes to yahoo.com, even though each link goes to a different website, it looks like the last link of the last slidehsow is the one which controls all the slidehsow links

link of slidshow as you can see from the code each link for each slidehsow should go to a diffrent website.

Code:

<div class="lof-main-outer"> 
  	<ul class="lof-main-wapper"> 
  		<li> 
        		<img src="images/791902news3.jpg" title="Newsflash 2" height="300" width="900"> 
                 <div class="lof-main-item-desc"> 
                <h3><a target="_parent" title="Newsflash 2" href="http://www.google.com">Newsflash 2</a></h3> 
 
                <p>The one thing about a Web site, it always changes! Joomla! makes it easy to add Articles, content,...</p> 
             </div> 
        </li> 
       <li> 
        	<img src="images/435576news10.jpg" title="Newsflash 1" height="300" width="900">            <div class="lof-main-item-desc"> 
                <h3><a target="_parent" title="Newsflash 1" href="http://www.gmx.com">Newsflash 1</a></h3> 
                <p>Joomla! makes it easy to launch a Web site of any kind. Whether you want a brochure site or you are...</p> 
 
             </div> 
        </li> 
       <li> 
        	<img src="images/641906img1.jpg" title="Newsflash 3" height="300" width="900">            <div class="lof-main-item-desc"> 
                <h3><a target="_parent" title="Newsflash 3" href="www.godaddy.com">Newsflash 3</a></h3> 
                <p>With a library of thousands of free Extensions, you can add what you need as your site grows. Don't...</p> 
             </div> 
        </li> 
        <li> 
 
        	<img src="images/416719news7.jpg" title="Newsflash 5" height="300" width="900">            <div class="lof-main-item-desc"> 
                <h3><a target="_parent" title="Newsflash 5" href="http://www.flickr.com">Newsflash 5</a></h3> 
                <p>Joomla! 1.5 - 'Experience the Freedom'!. It has never been easier to create your own dynamic Web...</p> 
             </div> 
        </li> 
 
        <li> 
 
        	<img src="images/416719news7.jpg" title="Newsflash 5" height="300" width="900">            <div class="lof-main-item-desc"> 
                <h3><a target="_parent" title="Newsflash 5" href="http://www.intel.com">Newsflash 5</a></h3> 
                <p>Joomla! 1.5 - 'Experience the Freedom'!. It has never been easier to create your own dynamic Web...</p> 
             </div> 
        </li> 
        <li> 
 
        	<img src="images/416719news7.jpg" title="Newsflash 5" height="300" width="900">            <div class="lof-main-item-desc"> 
                <h3><a target="_parent" title="Newsflash 5" href="http://www.yahoo.com">Newsflash 5</a></h3> 
                <p>Joomla! 1.5 - 'Experience the Freedom'!. It has never been easier to create your own dynamic Web...</p> 
             </div> 
        </li> 
      </ul> 
  </div>

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

I know you may think... why is he doing this? There is a reason, this is just the simplified version.

Code:

 <a href="URL TO COPY" id="COPYME">Next</a>
 <a href="COPIED URL HERE VIA JAVASCRIPT" >Next</a>

Hi, I have a flash code, I need to add alink in this code, but I don't know how I can. This is the link I want to add " www.baligim.com" Thanks.
Code: Code:

<div id="wb_Flash1" style="margin:0;padding:0;position:absolute;width:300px;height:60px;text-align:left;z-index:0;">
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"

<param name="movie" value="http://www.baligim.com/download/reklam-banner.swf">
<embed src="http://www.baligim.com/download/reklam-banner.swf" width="300" height="60">
</embed>
</object></div>

.

Hello and good morning...

I am a locking for a script, so i can open this:

<div class="topprofile"><a href="index.php?side=editprofile#editpw">Edit password</div>

After i have push in this, "topprofile" button, i want to have link like this:
http://localhost/index.php?side=editprofile#editpw

Can you plaese help me with this one?

All,
I have a page that has some checkboxes in it. I have the following function for that:
Code:

function checkbeforesubmit(field)
{
for (var i = 0; i < field.length; i++){
    if(field[i].checked){ // if a field is checked form is submitted
        alert("You have checkboxes that are selected. Add the photos before you go to the next set of pictures!");
        return false;
        }
    }
return true; // if no fields are checked form not submitted
}

I then a link to go to the next page and I want to check to see if any checkboxes are selected before I go to the next page. I try and check this by doing this:
Code:

onClick="checkbeforesubmit(document.photos.elements['picbigid[]'])"

It does the check and says that a checkbox is selected but will still go to the next page anyway. How can I stop it from going to the next page? Thanks!

I can't figure out why this isn't working.

I'm calling a function from a link in an iFrame, but I want a second function (which builds upon the first) to be called a second after the first one. So I have this:

<a href="javascriptarent.func1();setTimeout('parent.func2', 1000)">Click here</a>

setTimeout works when it's the only function I'm calling, but it appears that having the two together erases the delayed function.

Thoughts?
~gyz