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Last post 12-13-2009 1:43 PM by mol. 4 replies.
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  • 11-14-2009 4:36 PM

    • mol
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    Problems with menu items

    Hey everyone, I am struggling with a self-made menu on one of my websites: http://members.chello.nl/g.mulder15/trager/index.htm On the top we have the head menuitems, where there is 'Wat is Trager', Waar?Vind een practitoner'. etc. When for example do the mouse over at the 'Agenda' head menuitem, it shows the submenu items. Now we can go over the submenu items with no problem; when we exit the submenu item it disappears... All natural, also with the other menu items, except the first one called 'Wat is Trager'. When we enter the head menuitem 'Wat is Trager' it shows the submenuitem, but when we want to go to the submenu item, it disappears directly! What's the problem here....let me try to explain: The head menu items all have the mouse enter action show object. The objects are the sub menu items. Each submenu item is a group of the sub menu items + a borderline box + a white box to hide the other submenu's and the area in which the mouse has its space to walk around. This total group has one objectname as a group. Now, when each of the submenu items do have no action at all except the only action that the total group of submenuitems disappear on exit the area , it goes fine: the submenu as a total group appears on entering the headmenu and we can walk around the submenuitems and its white space. But the intention is of course to give also actions to each sub menu item as well. And here its where it goes wrong! Let me explain it with the first head menu item 'Wat is Trager'. It has as objectname TABwatistrager and only one event: on enter show object TABHEADwatistrager (the total subitemgroup). This TABHEADwatistrager group has the event on exit hide object TABHEADwatistrager. Sofar no problem. Now, when I make for example the first submenu item 'Waarom Trager?' as an object within the group with for example click down show object blue, or no action but a hyperlink on the text, it goes wrong. When entering the TABwatistrager it first should show The group TABHEADwatistrager, oke it does, but on entering it disappears directly. But there is no command on exit, only show and the event on the sub menuitem is click down and not exit (remember that all other items on the website are properly functioning as told before, but only when there are no actions or events on the seperate items) Everyone still understand what I am trying to explain??? I tried everything, but I could not find a solution on this matter, so who has a solution on this...???? Many thanks for listening, Mol
  • 11-15-2009 10:02 PM In reply to

    Re: Problems with menu items

    Hi Mol,

    To create your web page are you using Quark Web layout too?

    If Yes, Did you try using Cascading Menus? With Cascading menu's you can define direction for submenus. 

    Hope this would simplify your menu creation and usage.

    Jyoti Bhatnagar
    jbhatnagar@quark.com
  • 11-16-2009 10:10 AM In reply to

    • mol
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    Re: Problems with menu items

    Hi Jyoti, Thnx for answering! No, I made it all within ID. The mean reason for this was the design of the menu itself. I tried also interactive menu in ID, and also cascading menu's in the web layout, but their possibilities are too limited for the design I want. Take a look at http://members.chello.nl/g.mulder15/trager2/index.htm and you will see the difference between them: -the submenu items (I cannot center the items within the box and all items are tiled between equal boxes qua size....) -at the end 'Literatuur' has also its own submenu (I cannot give it it's own X-position; now its going way through my end-line of the design) -border of submenu (a borderline below 1 px is not possible Of course, it would simplify it all, but I want to keep the original design.... So can you give me an answer to my earlier post: is it possible to give actions to elements within a group of elements, and so yes, which mistake do I make in my design? Do I have to makes scripts to make it work? Many thanks, Mol
  • 11-16-2009 9:43 PM In reply to

    Re: Problems with menu items

    Hi Mol,

    If you want to keep your curent design then you have to create scripts for each of the submenu that would trigger the desired action as well as hide the submenu group after action.

    What is happening here is the group has its own set of action and we are trying to apply action to individual item of the group also so now conflict will arise to handel which action. The best way to handel such conflicts is Scripts.

    Kindly try using Scripts and let me know if it resolves your problem.

    Thanks, 

    Jyoti Bhatnagar
    jbhatnagar@quark.com
  • 12-13-2009 1:43 PM In reply to

    • mol
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    Re: Problems with menu items

    Hey Jyoti, sorry for the late response! It worked all fine as you said about doing it all with scripts!!

     Thnx a lot!

    Mol

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