[Tut] Drop-down menus

~~beer~~ · 16-02-2007, 09:38 AM

Ok theres been a lot of people asking how to do this recently so I thought id make this. First, add the following code to the head of your page (between the <head> and </head> tags:

HTML Code:

<style type="text/css">
.menutitle{
cursor:pointer;
margin-bottom: 5px;
background-color:#ECECFF;
color:#000000;
width:140px;
padding:2px;
text-align:center;
font-weight:bold;
/*/*/border:1px solid #000000;/* */
}

.submenu{
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
}
</style>

<script type="text/javascript">

/***********************************************
* Switch Menu script- by Martial B of http://getElementById.com/
* Modified by Dynamic Drive for format & NS4/IE4 compatibility
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

var persistmenu="yes" //"yes" or "no". Make sure each SPAN content contains an incrementing ID starting at 1 (id="sub1", id="sub2", etc)
var persisttype="sitewide" //enter "sitewide" for menu to persist across site, "local" for this page only

if (document.getElementById){ //DynamicDrive.com change
document.write('<style type="text/css">\n')
document.write('.submenu{display: none;}\n')
document.write('</style>\n')
}

function SwitchMenu(obj){
    if(document.getElementById){
    var el = document.getElementById(obj);
    var ar = document.getElementById("masterdiv").getElementsByTagName("span"); //DynamicDrive.com change
        if(el.style.display != "block"){ //DynamicDrive.com change
            for (var i=0; i<ar.length; i++){
                if (ar[i].className=="submenu") //DynamicDrive.com change
                ar[i].style.display = "none";
            }
            el.style.display = "block";
        }else{
            el.style.display = "none";
        }
    }
}

function get_cookie(Name) { 
var search = Name + "="
var returnvalue = "";
if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)
if (offset != -1) { 
offset += search.length
end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
returnvalue=unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
}
}
return returnvalue;
}

function onloadfunction(){
if (persistmenu=="yes"){
var cookiename=(persisttype=="sitewide")? "switchmenu" : window.location.pathname
var cookievalue=get_cookie(cookiename)
if (cookievalue!="")
document.getElementById(cookievalue).style.display="block"
}
}

function savemenustate(){
var inc=1, blockid=""
while (document.getElementById("sub"+inc)){
if (document.getElementById("sub"+inc).style.display=="block"){
blockid="sub"+inc
break
}
inc++
}
var cookiename=(persisttype=="sitewide")? "switchmenu" : window.location.pathname
var cookievalue=(persisttype=="sitewide")? blockid+";path=/" : blockid
document.cookie=cookiename+"="+cookievalue
}

if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", onloadfunction, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", onloadfunction)
else if (document.getElementById)
window.onload=onloadfunction

if (persistmenu=="yes" && document.getElementById)
window.onunload=savemenustate

</script>

Then use this code in your navigation:

HTML Code:

<!-- Keep all menus within masterdiv-->
<div id="masterdiv">

    <div class="menutitle" onclick="SwitchMenu('sub1')">Site Menu</div>
    <span class="submenu" id="sub1">
        - <a href="new.htm">What's New</a><br>
        - <a href="hot.htm">What's hot</a><br>
        - <a href="revised.htm">Revised Scripts</a><br>
        - <a href="morezone/">More Zone</a>
    </span>

</div>

and if u want it with an on click image:

HTML Code:

<!-- Keep all menus within masterdiv-->
<div id="masterdiv">

    <img src="http://www.yoursite.com/image.png" onclick="SwitchMenu('sub1')"><br>
    <span class="submenu" id="sub1">
        - <a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/link.htm">Link to DD</a><br>
        - <a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/recommendit/">Recommend Us</a><br>
        - <a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/contact.htm">Email Us</a><br>
    </span>

</div>

as you add another drop down menu, change these lines:
<div class="menutitle" onclick="SwitchMenu('sub1')">Site Menu</div>
<span class="submenu" id="sub1">

so it looks like this:
<div class="menutitle" onclick="SwitchMenu('sub2')">Site Menu</div>
<span class="submenu" id="sub2">

same goes 4 the image 1. Enjoy!

Taken From;
Switch Menu script- by Martial B of http://getElementById.com/
Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code

Edited by Lµke (Forum Moderator): Thread Moved From Website Designing. Please post in the correct section next time, Thanks .

Ini · 16-02-2007, 10:42 AM

Nice Tut.

You should mention you got it from DynamicDrive.com

Lµke · 16-02-2007, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by sherbet

Ok theres been a lot of people asking how to do this recently so I thought id make this. First, add the following code to the head of your page (between the <head> and </head> tags:

HTML Code:

<style type="text/css">
.menutitle{
cursor:pointer;
margin-bottom: 5px;
background-color:#ECECFF;
color:#000000;
width:140px;
padding:2px;
text-align:center;
font-weight:bold;
/*/*/border:1px solid #000000;/* */
}

.submenu{
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
}
</style>

<script type="text/javascript">

/***********************************************
* Switch Menu script- by Martial B of http://getElementById.com/
* Modified by Dynamic Drive for format & NS4/IE4 compatibility
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

var persistmenu="yes" //"yes" or "no". Make sure each SPAN content contains an incrementing ID starting at 1 (id="sub1", id="sub2", etc)
var persisttype="sitewide" //enter "sitewide" for menu to persist across site, "local" for this page only

if (document.getElementById){ //DynamicDrive.com change
document.write('<style type="text/css">\n')
document.write('.submenu{display: none;}\n')
document.write('</style>\n')
}

function SwitchMenu(obj){
    if(document.getElementById){
    var el = document.getElementById(obj);
    var ar = document.getElementById("masterdiv").getElementsByTagName("span"); //DynamicDrive.com change
        if(el.style.display != "block"){ //DynamicDrive.com change
            for (var i=0; i<ar.length; i++){
                if (ar[i].className=="submenu") //DynamicDrive.com change
                ar[i].style.display = "none";
            }
            el.style.display = "block";
        }else{
            el.style.display = "none";
        }
    }
}

function get_cookie(Name) { 
var search = Name + "="
var returnvalue = "";
if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)
if (offset != -1) { 
offset += search.length
end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
returnvalue=unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
}
}
return returnvalue;
}

function onloadfunction(){
if (persistmenu=="yes"){
var cookiename=(persisttype=="sitewide")? "switchmenu" : window.location.pathname
var cookievalue=get_cookie(cookiename)
if (cookievalue!="")
document.getElementById(cookievalue).style.display="block"
}
}

function savemenustate(){
var inc=1, blockid=""
while (document.getElementById("sub"+inc)){
if (document.getElementById("sub"+inc).style.display=="block"){
blockid="sub"+inc
break
}
inc++
}
var cookiename=(persisttype=="sitewide")? "switchmenu" : window.location.pathname
var cookievalue=(persisttype=="sitewide")? blockid+";path=/" : blockid
document.cookie=cookiename+"="+cookievalue
}

if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", onloadfunction, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", onloadfunction)
else if (document.getElementById)
window.onload=onloadfunction

if (persistmenu=="yes" && document.getElementById)
window.onunload=savemenustate

</script>

Then use this code in your navigation:

HTML Code:

<!-- Keep all menus within masterdiv-->
<div id="masterdiv">

    <div class="menutitle" onclick="SwitchMenu('sub1')">Site Menu</div>
    <span class="submenu" id="sub1">
        - <a href="new.htm">What's New</a><br>
        - <a href="hot.htm">What's hot</a><br>
        - <a href="revised.htm">Revised Scripts</a><br>
        - <a href="morezone/">More Zone</a>
    </span>

</div>

and if u want it with an on click image:

HTML Code:

<!-- Keep all menus within masterdiv-->
<div id="masterdiv">

    <img src="http://www.yoursite.com/image.png" onclick="SwitchMenu('sub1')"><br>
    <span class="submenu" id="sub1">
        - <a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/link.htm">Link to DD</a><br>
        - <a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/recommendit/">Recommend Us</a><br>
        - <a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/contact.htm">Email Us</a><br>
    </span>

</div>

as you add another drop down menu, change these lines:
<div class="menutitle" onclick="SwitchMenu('sub1')">Site Menu</div>
<span class="submenu" id="sub1">

so it looks like this:
<div class="menutitle" onclick="SwitchMenu('sub2')">Site Menu</div>
<span class="submenu" id="sub2">

same goes 4 the image 1. Enjoy!

/***********************************************
* Switch Menu script- by Martial B of http://getElementById.com/
* Modified by Dynamic Drive for format & NS4/IE4 compatibility
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

Please do not try and claim others work as your own, or atleast make it look like your own! :rolleyes:

~~beer~~ · 16-02-2007, 11:42 AM

i wasnt. i should have referenced it sorry. not everyone knows where the script is.

Lµke · 16-02-2007, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by sherbet

i wasnt. i should have referenced it sorry. not everyone knows where the script is.

Haha no worries, i edited it for you now anyway

.

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