Menu Example in JQuery
Prerequisites
This example follows the same code structure and menu that was done using JavaScript alone at Lecture – JavaScript – Creating menus with JavaScript , you should be familiar with this before progressing.
In addition you should be familiar with the Lecture – JQuery – Getting Started with JQuery
Summary
Topics Covered:
Creating simple drop down menus
Video
http://online1.daytonastate.edu/player2.php?id=a57e8915461b83adefb011530b711704
Reference Materials
This is at http://javascript-array.com/scripts/jquery_simple_drop_down_menu/
JustUL.html
<html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <ul id="jsddm"> <li><a href="#">JavaScript</a> <ul> <li><a href="#">Drop Down Menu</a></li> <li><a href="#">jQuery Plugin</a></li> <li><a href="#">Ajax Navigation</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#">Effect</a> <ul> <li><a href="#">Slide Effect</a></li> <li><a href="#">Fade Effect</a></li> <li><a href="#">Opacity Mode</a></li> <li><a href="#">Drop Shadow</a></li> <li><a href="#">Semitransparent</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#">Navigation</a></li> <li><a href="#">HTML/CSS</a></li> <li><a href="#">Help</a></li> </ul> </body> </html> |
JMenu.html
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>JQuery Menu Example</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/jmenu.css" >
<script src="jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var timeout = 2000;
var closetimer = 0;
var ddmenuitem = 0;
function jsddm_open()
{ jsddm_canceltimer();
jsddm_close();
ddmenuitem = $(this).find('ul').eq(0).css('visibility', 'visible');}
function jsddm_close()
{ if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.css('visibility', 'hidden');}
function jsddm_timer()
{ closetimer = window.setTimeout(jsddm_close, timeout);}
function jsddm_canceltimer()
{ if(closetimer)
{ window.clearTimeout(closetimer);
closetimer = null;}}
$(document).ready(function()
{ $('#jsddm > li').bind('mouseover', jsddm_open);
$('#jsddm > li').bind('mouseout', jsddm_timer);});
document.onclick = jsddm_close;
</script>
</head>
<body>
A nice thing about this menu is the ability to
place it anywhere on a page. <br/><br/>
<ul id="jsddm">
<li><a href="#">JavaScript</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Drop Down Menu</a></li>
<li><a href="#">jQuery Plugin</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Ajax Navigation</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Effect</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Slide Effect</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Fade Effect</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Opacity Mode</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Drop Shadow</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Semitransparent</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Navigation</a></li>
<li><a href="#">HTML/CSS</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Help</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
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jmenu.css
#jsddm
margin: 0;
padding: 0}
#jsddm li
{ float: left;
list-style: none;
font: 12px Tahoma, Arial}
#jsddm li a
{ display: block;
background: #324143;
padding: 5px 12px;
text-decoration: none;
border-right: 1px solid white;
width: 70px;
color: #EAFFED;
white-space: nowrap}
#jsddm li a:hover
{ background: #24313C}
#jsddm li ul
{ margin: 0;
padding: 0;
position: absolute;
visibility: hidden;
border-top: 1px solid white}
#jsddm li ul li
{ float: none;
display: inline}
#jsddm li ul li a
{ width: auto;
background: #A9C251;
color: #24313C}
#jsddm li ul li a:hover
{ background: #8EA344}
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