[WSG] Suggestions for compliant drop down menus...
Hello listpeople, first post so here goes, A client has insisted on having drop down menus integrated into the standards compliant site I've already developed for them. I don't want to do it as I think the site doesn't actually need them but, as I said, they've insisted. I've used the Alistapart style horizontal ul for my core navigation and the client wants to drop down menu's with all the content page links for each respective section under these. I already have static side menus within each section and occasionally there are submenus to consider. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for the best method to incorporate a drop down menu system into this. I would like to keep the site as compliant as possible. Any links/tips/opinions would be gratefully received. Lee ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Suggestions for compliant drop down menus...
Hi, http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/ http://alistapart.com/articles/hybrid/ etc. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Suggestions for compliant drop down menus...
Nice! Thanks Jan - Now I have to persuade them that it really isn't possible to get them to glide in gracefully just like Word does... Hi, http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/ http://alistapart.com/articles/hybrid/ etc. Lee ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Suggestions for compliant drop down menus...
Lee Jorgensen wrote: http://alistapart.com/articles/hybrid/ I didn't know about that one, but I believe it is the worst article ever published by ALA. The author says: What if we could have one clean, well-structured menu which would combine the dynamism and code-ease of dropdown menus and do away with their main problems (not to mention degrade beautifully)? This technique is a bulletproof way to ensure browser compatibility and to maintain usability In fact, the technique has many issues: - poor browser support, - text is not scalable, - tabbing navigation is not possible, - list items are not accessible in IE if JS is disabled. I think ALA should have published this solution instead ;-) http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/dropdown/demo.asp Thierry | http://www.TJKDesign.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
