I recently created my first theme shortly after leaning css, but i am having trouble with my navbar. The main bar is a list with images, then when a user hovers over one a list drops horizontally on the bar below. Problem is when trying to click far off links it is very easy to slip and the menu disappears. What i need is some sort of delay to prevent this, or some way to make the menu show after clicking instead of hovering.
Here is my code, i have two questions;
1) I have never written a theme before, is this the proper way to code a navbar? (i hear making an actual list is important)
2) How can i add a hover delay or change the submenu to be click activated?
Here is a link to
my test site so you can see it in action.
Code:
div#navi {
width: 960px;
height: 39px;
}
ul.navi {
margin:-2px 0px -2px -40px;
}
ul.navi, ul.navi li {
float: left;
list-style:none;
}
ul.navi li ul {
display: none;
}
ul.navi li:hover ul {
display:block;
list-style: none;
position:absolute;
}
ul.navi li:hover ul li {
padding-right:50px;
}
ul.navi li:hover ul li a{
color:#FFF;
}
ul.navi li:hover ul li a:hover{
color:#FFF;
}
div#navi2 {
width: 960px;
height: 29px;
background-image:url(images/nav_bottom.gif);
margin-top:-5px;
Code:
<div id="navi">
<ul class="navi">
<li><a href="/index.php"><img src="/themes/CGS_FutureWeb_Blue/images/nav_top_01.gif" /></a>
<ul>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=news">News</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=news&action=archive">Archives</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=articles">Articles</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=calendar">Calendar</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=faq">FAQ</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=search">Search</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=forum"><img src="/themes/CGS_FutureWeb_Blue/images/nav_top_02.gif" /></a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=squads"><img src="/themes/CGS_FutureWeb_Blue/images/nav_top_03.gif" /></a>
<ul style="margin-left:-255px;">
<li><a href="/index.php?site=about">About Us</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=squads">Squads</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=members">Members</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=clanwars">Matches</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=history">History</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=awards">Awards</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><img src="/themes/CGS_FutureWeb_Blue/images/nav_top_04.gif" />
<ul style="margin-left:-320px;">
<li><a href="/index.php?site=forum">Forums</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=guestbook">Guestbook</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=registered_users">Registered Users</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=whoisonline">Online Users</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=polls">Polls</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=server">Servers</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><img src="/themes/CGS_FutureWeb_Blue/images/nav_top_05.gif" />
<ul style="margin-left:-330px;">
<li><a href="/index.php?site=files">Downloads</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=tutorials">Tutorials</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=movies">Movies</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=gallery">Photos</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=links">Weblinks</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=demos">Demos</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><img src="/themes/CGS_FutureWeb_Blue/images/nav_top_06.gif" />
<ul style="margin-left:-710px;">
<li><a href="/index.php?site=sponsors">Sponsors</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=partners">Partners</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=newsletter">Newsletter</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=contact">Contact Us</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=challenge">Fight Us</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=joinus">Join Us</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=linkus">Link Us</a></li>
<li><a href="/index.php?site=imprint">Imprint</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="navi2"></div>
Here are the two js scripts i tried, honestly I am not sure how to use them and couldn't get either to work. I think i installed them in the proper places, but i dont think i edited them to work properly;
Code:
var delay = 500; /* milli seconds */
function attachHooks() {
var menu = document.getElementById("navi");
var menuItems = menu.getElementsByTagName("ul.navi li ul");
currentHover = menuItems[0];
for (var i = 0; i < menuItems.length; i++) {
menuItems[i].onmouseover = function () {activateMenuWithDelay(this);};
menuItems[i].onmouseout = function () {deactivateMenuWithDelay(this);};
}
}
function activateMenuWithDelay(ele) {
if(ele.timer) {
clearTimeout(ele.timer);
}
ele.timer = setTimeout(function(){activateShowMenu(ele)}, delay);
}
function activateShowMenu(ele) {
var parent = ele;
parent.className = "showMenu";
}
function deactivateMenu(ele) {
var parent = ele;
parent.className = " ";
}
function deactivateMenuWithDelay(ele) {
if(ele.timer) {
clearTimeout(ele.timer);
}
ele.timer = setTimeout(function(){deactivateMenu(ele)}, delay);
}
function initMenuDelay() {
attachHooks();
deactivateMenu();
}
function addLoadEvent(func) {
var oldonload = window.onload;
if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {
window.onload = func;
} else {
window.onload = function() {
oldonload();
func();
}
}
}
addLoadEvent(attachHooks);
Code:
<script type="text/javascript">
sfHover = function() {
var sfEls = document.getElementById("navi").getElementsByTagName("li");
for (var i=0; i<sfEls.length; i++) {
sfEls[i].onmouseover=function() {
this.className+=" sfhover";
}
sfEls[i].onmouseout=function() {
this.className=this.className.replace(new RegExp(" sfhover\\b"), "");
}
}
}
if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", sfHover);
</script>
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