Likno Software Blog – Drop-Down Menus, Javascript Menus, DHTML Menus

- Added an option in Open File, in order to load ".awt" files (Likno Drop-Down Menu Trees projects)

- Improved support of the BASE attribute in the html of a page. (IE only)

- Added 30 new IE* submenu effects for the "Group Appears - How" and "Group Disappears - How" properties (new effects are shown in brackets):

[Barn Horizontal In], [Barn Horizontal In], Barn Horizontal Out,
[Barn Vertical In], [Barn Vertical Out], [Blinds Down], [Blinds Left], Blinds Right,
[Blinds Up], [Checker Board Down], [Checker Board Left], Checker Board Right,
[Checker Board Up], Fade, Iris - Circle In, [Iris - Circle Out], Iris - Cross In,
[Iris - Cross Out], [Iris - Diamond In], [Iris - Diamond Out], Iris - Plus In,
[Iris - Plus Out], Iris - Square In, [Iris - Square Out], Iris - Star In,
[Iris - Star Out], Pixelate, Radial Wipe Clock, [Radial Wipe Radial],
[Radial Wipe Wedge], Random Bars Horizontal, [Random Bars Vertical],
Random Dissolve, Slide Hide, [Slide Swap], Spiral, [Stretch Hide], Stretch Spin,
[Strips Left Down], [Strips Left Up], [Strips Right Down], [Strips Right Up]

* The above effects are supported by IE only (the "unfolding" effect is used on other browsers instead).

- Sliding Menu Add-in: The "Remember the menu state" option is now using a "session" cookie. This makes the sliding menu return to its initial state when the user completes her session.

- Fixed an issue with items that had left or right image and did not show properly in some cases. (IE8 and Mozilla)

- Fixed an issue where the "Javascript Command" on Mouse Click did not work properly when the "Link" property also had a value. (IE only)

- Fixed an issue with the "Remember State" option on sliding menus when the menu filename contained spaces.

- Fixed an issue with menu filenames that include a space or "-" (javascript errors appeared in such a case). New versions of all Server-Side related add-ins also released that fix this issue.

- Fixed an issue with Right-to-Left pages: an unexpected scrollbar appeared.

- Fixed an issue in sliding menus: when "Remember State" was selected the "Ignore the Link value of parent items" did not work properly.

- Fixed an issue with sliding menus (IE only) where a javascript error appeared when a sliding menu folded (in some cases only).

- The Sliding Menu Add-in (extra license required) released with Build 766 and included in the distribution. You can now create menus with sliding submenus, otherwise known as "slide menus", "expandable menus", "collapsible menus" or "accordion menus".

- 11 Sliding Menu Themes included in the distribution (free with licensed Add-in).

- 4 new Sliding Menu Theme Packs available in Theme Gallery.

- 6 new Sliding Menu Templates available in Menu Templates Gallery.

- You can now easier re-assign all existing style assignments in your project using the "Select" option in the "Assign Style to multiple groups/items" form.

- 2 new Themes added to the distribution (free) that utilize the "Style+" different appearance on 3rd level and beyond.

"Affiliate" Theme:

"Army" Theme:

- Fixed a Mozilla-related issue with the <Item Image> property. If it was set as "Image Only" (i.e. no item text exists), the image was misaligned to the left.

- Fixed an issue with the 'awmSelectedItem' feature when the menu was of the "Menubar" type and the user resized the browser window.

- Fixed a Mozilla-related issue where a menu of the "Menubar" type could trigger a vertical scrollbar on special cases.

- Fixed an issue where the menu appeared wider than it should if a "Has "Submenu Image"existed on its first item.

- Fixed a Mozilla-related issue where a background image was not appearing correctly when a "left" image also existed.

- Fixed an Opera-related issue with text misalignment when the "HTML Full Mode" option was used on a menu item.

- Fixed a minor Mozilla/Opera related issue with the "Push (or Pull)" technique on sliding menus.

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The creation and distribution of cracks is completely illegal - more so, the selling of cracked versions to people which are all liable to legal prosecution.

The only legal sources allowed to sell our products are SWREG, Iportis, REGNOW and via registered resellers – which guarantee your purchase to be legal and clean.

Please be aware of the existence of these scam sites and do not purchase through them as not only this is completely illegal [and liable to legal prosecution], you will be losing your money and getting faulty software [Remember cracked versions fail to overpass all levels of protection, generating menus with inadequate cross-browser functionality and negative search engine effects due to the use of elements which influence your SEO].

Give real value to your money - buy the legal version of AllWebMenus.

Thank you,
Likno Software

The fonts in a tree created by Likno Drop Down Menu Trees can be changed by using the appropriate CSS definitions in the Nodes Style Editor.

The default style of the fonts of the application are shown in Image 1 (let's assume that we have selected the "books" theme), and the appearance of the menu is displayed in Image 2.

Image 1:

Image 2:

The style of the fonts of the application can change by modifying the appropriate CSS rules in the three text boxes ("Normal", "Mouse Over" and "Selected"), depending on which state we want to change the font style.

An example where the "font-family", "font-size", and "color" CSS definitions have been modified is shown in Image 3, and the appearance of the menu is displayed in Image 4.

Image 3:

Image 4:

By modifying the appropriate CSS definitions you can change the appearance of the menu, or even add your own definitions to enrich your Drop Down Menu Tree!

The transparency in Likno Drop Down Menu Trees can be achieved with the appropriate CSS definitions in the Root Style Editor.

Add the following code to the text box of the Root Style Editor (as shown in the image below):

opacity:0.5;filter: alpha(opacity = 50);

Change the values to fit your requirements: in ‘opacity’ the values are between 0.0 (fully transparent) and 1.0 (opaque); in filter the values are between 0 (fully transparent) and 100 (opaque).