BTW...it's DHTMLcentral.com and not webreference.com....perhaps there are 2 scripts called CoolMenus??
Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com --------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder & Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marlon Moyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 2:01 PM Subject: RE: Making the MX Popup Menu Javascript Dynamic > From the Coolmenus web site faq: > > Q: How can I avoid overlapping form elements, flash plugins or applets thru > coolmenus? > > Answer by Sergi Meseguer > There are certain elements that "float above" HTML elements. It is not a > "z-index" issue. Well, this is not an easy issue, as the problem is not from > the script but from browsers behaviours. Please make sure you read carefully > the following article in DHTML Lab: > http://www.webreference.com/dhtml/diner/seethru/ > > There you will find a through explaination of this proble. They say there is > no fix. Actually, if you're using form elements, the fix is placing the form > in a div and hide it everytime the coolmenu gets in its path. See example 11 > in the Coolmenus3 section. > > As for the flash plugins, you may want to read this post for a likely > solution. I'm not sure if this really works though, at least not > crossbrowser. > > No solution found for java applets and coolmenus overlapping yet. > > :::: > > So in essence, you can have them show up over top of form elements, you're > only hiding the form elements whenever the menu pops up. Very distracting > to me. > > Marlon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 3:49 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Making the MX Popup Menu Javascript Dynamic > > > Your HTML/JS guy is WRONG. > > First I'd didch this MX JS script your using and grab CoolMenus from > www.DHTMLCentral.com > > It works back to IE 4+ and Netscape 4+. It also works OVER select boxes and > other form elements (instead of being hidden behind like you sound like > you're experiencing). > > The code is excellent and I've been using it for dynamic menuing for over > ayear with NO problems. > > HTH > > Cheers > > Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > t. 250.920.8830 > e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Macromedia Associate Partner > www.macromedia.com > --------------------------------------------------------- > Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group > Founder & Director > www.cfug-vancouverisland.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "webguy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 1:44 PM > Subject: RE: Making the MX Popup Menu Javascript Dynamic > > > > Does anyone know how to make to a menu like those work over a > > <select> element in IE5/win so that the select isn't visible thru' the > menu > > div ?? > > > > My HTML/JS guy says it can't be done > > > > WG > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 29 May 2003 20:52 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: Making the MX Popup Menu Javascript Dynamic > > > > > > I usually use a character count times an average width. For instance, I > use > > 6.5 as my multiplier for 10pt verdana. Capital 'W' is 11 pixels, I > believe, > > lowercase 'l' is 2 pixels, and the rest are somewhere in between. Really > > simple, no cost, and quite effective: > > > > <script> > > multiplier = 6.5; > > buffer = 20; // extra space around the items > > > > window.mymenu = new Menu("title, null, null, "verdana,sans-serif"); > > <cfset maxlen = 0 /> > > <cfloop query="items"> > > <cfset maxlen = max(maxlen, len(name)) /> > > mymenu.addMenuItem("#name#", "location='#url#'"); > > </cfloop> > > mymenu.menuWidth = Math.round(#maxlen# * multiplier) + buffer; > > </script> > > > > I haven't used the menus from DWMX, i use an old version from fireworks, > but > > that shouldn't matter. > > > > --- > > Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer > > AudienceCentral (formerly PIER System, Inc.) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > voice : 360.756.8080 x12 > > fax : 360.647.5351 > > > > www.audiencecentral.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Shawn Grover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 12:24 PM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: RE: Making the MX Popup Menu Javascript Dynamic > > > > > > > > > The COOLjsMenu and COOLjsTree look pretty good. Decent prices too. > > > > > > http://javascript.cooldev.com/scripts/coolmenu/ > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jamie Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 1:14 PM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: Making the MX Popup Menu Javascript Dynamic > > > > > > > > > I hacked up the popup javascript generated by DreamWeaver MX, so I > > > could make the popups data-driven (see below, if interested). I only > > > have one problem, though: mm_menu.js doesn't dynamically size the > > > popup "cells," so if your data is longer than your static width, it's > > > ugly. > > > > > > Apparently DreamWeaver MX (and, I guess, Fireworks MX) itself > > > calculates and sums glyph widths, according to font and size (in other > > > words, it takes into account the width difference of an Arial "i" and > > > "M"). It seems like this could get hairy, if I were to try to > > > calculate these myself. > > > > > > Does anybody know how to modify mm_menu.js to dynamically size these > > > popup "cells," OR know of any comparable, free DHTML popup app that > > > does dynamic sizing? (I used to use HierMenus, but they want $1500+ > > > for it now -- what a GOUGE.) > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Jamie > > > > > > <cfoutput> > > > <script language="JavaScript"> > > > <!-- > > > function mmLoadMenus() { > > > if (window.mm_menu_1) return; > > > </cfoutput> > > > <cfset jsLoopIdx = 0> > > > <cfoutput query="getHeadlines" group="section_name"> > > > <cfset jsLoopIdx = jsLoopIdx + 1> > > > window.mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx# = new Menu("root",500,18,"Arial, > > > Helvetica, > > > sans-serif",12,"navy","purple","##DDDDDD","##FFCCCC","left","middl > > > e",3,0,100 > > > 0,-5,7,true,true,true,0,true,true); > > > mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.addMenuItem("#section_name#","location='articl > > > es.cfm?sec > > > tion_id=#section_id#&issue_id=#request.issue_id#'"); > > > <cfoutput> > > > mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.addMenuItem("#headline#","location='articles.c > > > fm?article > > > _id=#article_id#'"); > > > </cfoutput> > > > mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.hideOnMouseOut=true; > > > mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.bgColor='##555555'; > > > mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.menuBorder=1; > > > mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.menuLiteBgColor='##FFFFFF'; > > > mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.menuBorderBgColor='##777777'; > > > </cfoutput> > > > > > > <cfoutput>mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.writeMenus();</cfoutput> > > > } // mmLoadMenus() > > > //--> > > > </script> > > > <script language="JavaScript" src="mm_menu.js"></script> > > > <script language="JavaScript1.2">mmLoadMenus();</script> > > > > > > <cfset jsLoopIdx = 0> > > > <cfoutput query="getHeadlines" group="section_name"> > > > <cfset jsLoopIdx = jsLoopIdx + 1> > > > <img src="images/sec_btn_top.gif" width=151 height=4 alt="" > > > border="0"><br> > > > <a href="javascript:;" > > > onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#,140,3,null,'bu > > > tton#jsLoo > > > pIdx#')" > > > onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout();"><img #button_image# > > > name="button#jsLoopIdx#" alt="#section_name#" border=0></a><br> > > > <img src="images/sec_btn_bot.gif" width=151 height=3 alt="" > > > border=0><br> > > > <cfoutput> > > > </cfoutput> > > > </cfoutput> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. 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