[thelist] Toggling Layers not working in Mozilla or Netscape

[Rachell Coe]

Darn it Tom, you make too much sense for me to ignore!!!  And I was so proud
of myself for finally learning how to code the darn thing!  

So, I'm taking your advice and making the submenu visible all the time --
but I would still like to make the square change color when the mouse goes
over it.  Is there an easy way to have the layer background change when a
mouse goes over it without using a nested layer like I have set up now?

 
 
Rachell Coe
King Estate Winery
Internet Support Coordinator
541-942-9874  Ext: 136
http://www.kingestate.com


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[mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Tom Dell'Aringa
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 9:12 AM
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Subject: Re: [thelist] Toggling Layers not working in Mozilla or Netscape



--- Rachell Coe <rachell at kingestatewinery.com> wrote:


> I am coding a new design and when the mouse goes into one of the 
> navigation boxes, I want the first layer to hide exposing the submenu 
> underneath.

> The page is at: 
> http://www.kingestate.com/newdesign/internalpagecoding.htm

Hi Rachel. Yes there is a better way to do what you are doing. You can start
by STOP doing it :). What you are implementing is called "mystery meat
navigation" by the "web pages that suck" guys. In fact, you are mimicking a
page they call the worst offender of them all ;)

http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/mysterymeatnavigation01.html

You users will never know what is under the menu choices until they
rollover. When they rollout, they will promptly forget. Hiding menu choices
makes for horrible usability. Why hide something the user needs to see?  You
can read the link if you want more info, they explain it pretty well.

I can't urge you enough to abandon that way of thinking and expose the menu
items so the user can actually SEE them! :) If you are being forced to do
this, show your client that page.

Tom

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