[thelist] Popup Menu sans GIF

Robert Goodyear rob_goodyear at yahoo.com
Tue Nov 27 12:14:07 CST 2001


HierMenus allows for styled text in a cascading menu.

http://www.webreference.com/dhtml/



--- Paul Peterson <paul at thereformist.com> wrote:
> Hello evolters! Is there a way to create navigation with hierarchical popup
> menus that DOESN'T require the use of images? I would like to make this
> using only HTML text and JavaScript if necessary, plus CSS to retain style
> control.
> 
> BACKGROUND: I've currently got rollover navigation using only HTML and CSS
> (see left nav at http://www.thegeneration.org for example). However, my
> client wants me to add popup menus to the rollovers so users can click
> directly to the lower level pages, even though that's what the pulldowns are
> for at the top and bottom. If I use the traditional JavaScript method of GIF
> rollovers with popup menus, I lose CSS control of appearance--which sucks
> because my pages feature selectable styles that alter the nav menu to match
> the rest.
> 
> The only alternative I can think of right now is to have multiple sets of
> navigation images to match the different styles, which would display or be
> hidden via CSS depending on which style the user selected. Would that work,
> or would it conflict with the JavaScript? I imagine it would also
> considerably increase the page loading time, so I'm trying to find a
> text-only solution.
> 
> Thanking Profusely In Advance,
> Paul
> 


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