3 Replies Latest reply: Jan 30, 2008 7:54 AM by jefbak RSS

    vertical drop down menu with effects possible?

    jefbak Community Member
      So I have a newbie question. I am using spry 1.6 in DW CS3 and I need a vertical navigation menu in the left column with sub-navs that drop down in the same column (not fly out).

      Should I use the spry menu or other spry widget to do this?
      and can I incorporate a spry effect like slide into the menu?

      I am playing around with this but have not found the right combination yet.
        • 1. Re: vertical drop down menu with effects possible?
          Diana Ispas Community Member
          Hi,

          if I well understand your request, you should do the following:
          - insert in page a Spry Vertical MenuBar widget
          - go in SpryMenuBarVertical.css file to this rule: ul.MenuBarVertical ul and change the margin property from: margin: -5% 0 0 95%; TO margin: -5% 0 0 0%;. This will make the submenu to display right over the items from first level.

          If I wrong understood your request please give us a page where to see what you need and we'll let you know how to achieve the desired behavior.

          Thanks,
          Diana
          • 2. vertical drop down menu with effects possible?
            jefbak Community Member
            Thanks for the quick response Diana,

            I need a submenu behavior that pushes all the menu items down to display the submenu items.

            I also don't know how to change the script so that the submenus will stop shrinking. I need them to stay the same size.

            Kind of like what the grow or slide? effect might do but with a menu?

            Otherwise I am giving you advice a try.
            • 3. Re: vertical drop down menu with effects possible?
              jefbak Community Member
              Does anyone know if you could combine the Spry Collapsible Group widget mentioned here with Spry vertical menus?

              The functionality would be that a menu with sub-menu items would push all the menu items down to show the sub-menu items.

              Right now spry sub-menus "fly-out" either up or down covering the surrounding content. If I could get the menu to push down like the collapsible does, then I could a client need I have right now.