Handy XP Style Menu - CodeProject®

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Sample Image - leftmenu.jpg

Introduction

This is a pretty menu in XP style. Its is easy to setup and highly customizable. If you find it useful, please vote for me!!! See a working demo here.

The Frames page

<html>
<head>
<title>Left Menu</title>
</head>
 
    <frameset framespacing="0" border="false" frameborder="0" cols="170,*">
   <frame name="menu" src="leftmenu.htm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" 
           marginheight="0" framespacing="0" scrolling="no" noresize>
   <frame name="master" src="master.htm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" 
           marginheight="0" framespacing="0" scrolling="no" noresize>
    </frameset>
 
 <noframes>
    <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
    <br><br><center>
    <h1>No Frames!</h1>
    <h4>No frames in your browser!</h4>
    </center></body>
 </noframes>
</frameset>

</html>

The Target page

<html>
<head>
    <title>Left Menu</title>
    <link rel='stylesheet' href='leftmenu.css'>
</head>

    <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" 
                        marginheight="0" bgcolor="#ffffff">
        
        <table border=0 cellpadding='10' cellspacing=0><tr><td>

        This is the Target frame (master).
        <p><hr>
        Please visit my website: 
          <a href='http://www.industriavirtual.com.br' 
          target='_blank'>http://www.industriavirtual.com.br</a>
          
        <br>And don't forget to vote me!!!
        <br>Marcelo Franco.
        
        </td></tr></table>
    
        </body>
</html>

The Menu page

<html>
<head>
    <meta http-equiv='page-enter' content='blendtrans(duration=0.1)'>
    <script language="'javascript'" src='leftmenu.js'></script>
    <link href='leftmenu.css' type='text/css' rel='stylesheet'>
    
    <base target='master'>
</head>
<body bgcolor='#ffffff' marginheight='0' marginwidth='0' 
                                topmargin='0' leftmargin='0'>
<table border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%' 
                      height='100%'><tr><td valign='top'>
    <table border='0' cellspacing='1' cellpadding='0' width='100%' 
                     height='100%' bgcolor='#f1f1ed'><tr><td valign='top'>
    
    <div id='masterdiv'>
    
        <div class='menu' onclick="SwitchMenu('sub1')">
            <img style='vertical-align: middle' width=20 height=20 
            src='icons/txtmenu.gif' border=0 hspace=3>Text Folders</div>
            
            <span class='options' id='sub1'>
                <div class='option' 
                       onmouseover="this.style.background='#D8E4F8'" 
                       onmouseout="this.style.background='#f5f5f5'">
                <a href='http://www.google.com'>
                      <img style='vertical-align: middle' 
                      width=16 height=16 src='icons/txtfolder.gif' border=0 
                      hspace=3>Text Links</a></div>
    
                <div class='option' 
                     onmouseover="this.style.background='#D8E4F8'" 
                     onmouseout="this.style.background='#f5f5f5'">
<a href='http://www.industriavirtual.com.br/master.asp?code=webpacks&subcode=basico'>
                  <img style='vertical-align: middle' width=16 
                  height=16 src='icons/txtfolder.gif' 
                  border=0 hspace=3>Text Links</a></div>
    
                <div class='option' 
                      onmouseover="this.style.background='#D8E4F8'" 
                      onmouseout="this.style.background='#f5f5f5'">
                <a href='http://www.google.com'>
                    <img style='vertical-align: middle' width=16 
                    height=16 src='icons/txtfolder.gif' border=0 
                    hspace=3>Text Links</a></div>
            </span>
   
    </div>
    
    <div class='menu'>
        <a href='http://www.industriavirtual.com.br' 
        target='_top' onClick='top.window.close()'>
    <img style='vertical-align: middle' width=20 
        height=20 src='icons/logoff.gif' border=0 
        hspace=3>Logoff</a></div>
    
    <tr><td align='center' valign='bottom'>
        <a href='http://www.industriavirtual.com.br' target='_blank'>
    <img src='industria.gif' width='125' height='13' 
        hspace='0' vspace='10' border='0' alt='Industria Virtual...'></a>
    
    </td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
</body>
</html>

That's All Folks.

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

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amitpapa

6:24 7 Sep '09

plz send me
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too goog.......

Najmul Hoda

8:59 31 Mar '09

Very nice articl e.......... Najmul Hoda I want to be programmer till death.
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Problem downloading the latest version

SameerMughal

5:38 3 Mar '09

Hi there, Nice work. But I am still not sure wether it will allow me to incorporate the second child or not because I couldn't access the link to download. Does it allow FolderA -> FolderB -> Target(S)? Can you please paste a link to download the latest version because the link doesn't work. Thanks, Sameer. Sameer
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PanelBar using Jave

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8:15 8 Sep '07

Hi,Do u know how to create something similiar to this(Panel bar) using java programming languange? pls give some guide. thanks
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Doesn't Allow Changes

JRA57

10:11 25 Jan '07

I downloaded two versions of the menu. When I unzip either version it runs fine. Whenever I make ANY edits at all, it stops working. If I delete one letter and then put it back. This is frustrating, and probably something simple. I've done file compares to no avail. Anybody able to help? Thanks in advance. JRA
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OK PLease help ASAP!!!

Delver

6:29 26 Jul '06

This is a very cool menu.
I have a problem and I have two solutions but I dont know how to implement them.

Scenario:

You Exapnd the menu make it long. When you put your mouse over any part of a subitem it changes color and the mouse arrow changes to a hand. but whe you click nothing happens unless you click on the text or the icon in that submenu.

1 fix. Make the mouse icon chnage only when over the text on the subitem.
Make that whole section of that subitem respond to the click.

DO YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION Unsure | :~

so good

ewebapp

16:24 23 Dec '05

firefox,ie,opera Pay attention to in the Ajax, ASp.net, Web2.0
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Keeping Menu Open at Same Position After Page With No Frames

anthony_mast

21:40 4 May '05

I am using it in a scenario where I cannot use frames. Is there any way one can expand it to the last position after the page has loaded? Anthony
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How to make open item stay open unless user close ?

junuki

12:09 1 Sep '04

This is absolutely great code.. Kudos for you ! I have one quesiton, though. If I want to make open item stay open unless user click it to close. What am I supposed to to ? How I could modify it ? Also what I am working on is to have a "Tree" menu in one of the menu (as sub menu). Do you have any examples like that ? Thanks in advance !
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Re: How to make open item stay open unless user close ?

fancellu

14:20 9 Sep '04

Comment out this for (var i=0; i
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Re: How to make open item stay open unless user close ?

junuki

8:06 10 Sep '04

Thanks a lot for your help !!
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XP Layers

Drummos

19:32 27 Jul '04

I was able to add another layter to the XP menu you made but I havn't been successful at hiding the second layer at startup.   You'll see what I mean if you go to www.adventurersgates.com

Here's a snippit of my code: (I didn't change the .js doc cause I can't get anything I tried to work right lol)   I'd appreciate any help.

<div class='menu' onclick="SwitchMenu('sub3')"><img style='vertical-align: middle' width=20 height=20 src='icons/dbmenu.gif' border=0 hspace=3>Gates</div>

      <Span class='option' id='sub3'>
     <div class='menu' onclick="SwitchMenu('sub3a')"><img style='vertical-align: middle' width=20 height=20 src='icons/dbmenu.gif' border=0 hspace=3>Arduin</div>

          <span class='options' id='sub3a'>

<div class='option' onmouseover="this.style.background='#D8E4F8'" onmouseout="this.style.background='#f5f5f5'">

<a href='ArduinHist.html'><img style='vertical-align: middle' width=16 height=16 src='icons/dbfolder.gif' border=0 hspace=3>A History of Arduin</a></div>

Ally

The GUI of left menu has problem

enjoycrack

20:49 9 Jun '04

I realy like this article.The GUI is very impression But when I run it and click Tab button many times , there are no any text and icons on it's GUI Please help me
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Peace of art

Mohammad O. Ali

21:25 27 Apr '04

Dear Mr. Franco thats a really a nice piece of art i visited the your web site "http://www.industriavirtual.com.br" i would really appriciate it if you tell me how to do the fade trick Mohammad O. Ali
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Re: Peace of art

runmin

19:22 15 Nov '04

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/filter/slideshow.htm[^]
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How can i use this in VC

mailMonty

0:17 26 Feb '04

how can i use this really nice js in vc i can put in it in a webpage and call it from CHTMLView but how i handle the events C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg
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Very impressive

Peter Mayhew

5:33 23 Nov '03

I have been looking to create a menu for some time, and whilst creating a few in Macromedia Flash, I just happen to find yours! I was so impressed I had to give it a try!!

After a few hours tweeking my template and theme, I feel your menu now merges in quite nicely. (I'm no professional though!!)

I will place your name in a "credits page" along with a link, but give me a little bit of time as I'm still working in progress.

I have only one question. The scroll bar in Internet explorer is now a different colour. How did this happen?, and how can i change it? I'm not strictly a professional programmer like the rest of you guys so bear with me for asking a simplistic question!!

Regards

---
Peter M

Re: Very impressive

Marcelo Franco

10:14 23 Nov '03

Hi, Peter.

The trick to change the look of the scroll bar is quite simple. Just make a
few adjusts in the file "leftmenu.css":

body,td {

color: #000000;font-family:tahoma, verdana, helvetica; font-size: 11px;

font-weight:none;

 scrollbar-face-color: #ffffff;

 scrollbar-shadow-color: #006699;

 scrollbar-base-color : #ffffff;

 scrollbar-highlight-color: #006699;

 scrollbar-3dlight-color: #ffffff;

 scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #ffffff;

 scrollbar-track-color: #f8f8f8;

 scrollbar-arrow-color: #006699;

}

The script above is very compreensive. I's called from the leftmenu.htm
page:

<link href='leftmenu.css' type='text/css' rel='stylesheet'>

That's all. Forgive my bad english.

Re: Very impressive

Peter Mayhew

2:26 24 Nov '03

That great, thank you very much. Your english is fine, much better than me speaking Brazilian Is the downloadable code on CP the new version of your menu?, or the old version? --- Peter M
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My other menu...

Marcelo Franco

8:14 6 Nov '03

http://www.codeproject.com/jscript/treemenu.asp
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Re: My other menu...

allia

8:36 6 Nov '03

Thanks for the tip!
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New version launched!!!

Marcelo Franco

2:11 6 Nov '03

Find it on: http://www.industriavirtual.com.br/codedemo/leftmenu/index.htm
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Re: New version launched!!!

allia

7:12 6 Nov '03

Where can the source code of the new version be donwloaded and what has been changed from past release on codeproject? How many sub-levels can be inserted? Can I have "TestFolders"--> "TextLinks"-->"TextSubLinks" ? Thank you. Nice Work! I might use it instead of a 'tree' form.
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Re: New version launched!!!

Marcelo Franco

8:28 6 Nov '03

Update (2003/11/06): - Now you can click in any region of each option. Download updated version here.
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