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

Hey everybody,

We have released a new version of AllWebMenus Pro: Version 5.3 build #866.

Check out What's New:

- Improved iPhone support. Now if you "touch" an item with an open submenu, the submenu closes.

- Improved the behavior of "floating menus" so that their movement does not appear flickering.

- In "Link Compiled Menu..." the filetype dropdown box now remembers the last user selection.

- Added the ability to change the Start Menu group during the installation.

- Fixed an issue where the "Advanced Floating" feature with the "Instantly" option did not work properly. Also, changed the behavior so that if the "Floating Movement Ends" object doesn't exist in the page, the floating ends at the end of page.

- Fixed an issue where a warning appeared related to an "aRsF function" (Safari only).

- Fixed an issue where the "Unfolding effect" did not clip subgroups as it should (Opera 11+ only).

- Fixed an issue where the Generic Sitemap did not work properly. Also the default view changed.

- Fixed an issue where a group didn't appear on mouse over of parent item, if this item was auto highlighted without opening the group automatically on page load.

- Server-Side menus set to have "cursor: auto" now have "hand" instead of "arrow" for all dynamic items.

Download the new version at http://www.likno.com/download.html

Hey everybody,

We have released new versions of AllWebMenus Pro: Version 5.3 builds #864 and #862.

Check out What's New:

- New "AllWebMenus Expression Web Add-in", for seamless integration with the Microsoft Expression Web product.

- Added the Add-ins for version 1 and 2 of Expression Web as installation options into the AllWebMenus installer. The Microsoft Expression Web 4 Add-in is provided as a separate download (Microsoft requirement) at http://www.likno.com/microsoft-expression-web.html. You need to download it and install it separately from there.

- Fixed an issue where the floating image was not completely visible if the parent group appeared using an "Unfold effect" (Mozilla only).

- Improved management of images, when importing an AllWebMenus project into your loaded one (images with the same name are renamed to unique names, etc.).

- Fixed an issue where a menu compiled for Joomla, did not correctly transform characters to UTF8.

- Fixed an issue where clicking on an item didn't open the URL value to an iframe (Mozilla only).

- New version of the WordPress Menu Add-in/plugin. The "WordPress Menu Add-in" now creates a ZIP file when compiling, which you then upload directly to the server (a simpler and easier process than before).

- Fixed an issue with the "Generate Menu" feature of the FrontPage Add-in.

- Fixed an issue where a submenu could dissappear in certain occasions (IE8 only).

- Fixed an issue where a submenu didn't reposition itself if its initial position was outside of the visible window (IE only).

- Fixed an issue when a group was specified to "Open automatically on page load" and its menu was of the "Floating" type. The group did not load in that case (not applicable if the menu was of the "Advanced Floating" type).

Download the new version at http://www.likno.com/download.html

Hey everybody,

We have released a new version of AllWebMenus Pro: Version 5.3 build #860.

Check out What's New:

- Full support for all Eastern languages.

- Fixed some minor issues which were caused by "bad" global CSS.

- Drupal 7 now fully supported.

- The "Drupal Menu Add-in" now creates a ZIP file when compiling, which you then upload directly to the server (a simpler and easier process than before).

- Several GUI enhancements.

- Fixed an issue where the horizontal menu appeared wider when one of its items had at least one "Has Submenu Image" (IE8+ only).

- Fixed an issue where menu items appeared smaller in Opera, in certain occasions.

- Fixed an issue where sliding groups didn't slide correctly, in certain occasions (IE9 only).

- Fixed an issue with "Cross-frame" implementations, where the submenus incorrectly positioned at Top Left of the frame page.

- Fixed an issue with "Manually Triggered Groups" implementations, where they didn't open if these groups were of the "Sliding" type (Mozilla based browsers only).

- Fixed an issue where the menu could produce javascript errors when certain (non-Likno) modal slideshows would appear on page and then closed (IE only).

Download the new version at http://www.likno.com/download.html

The "Menu Structure Source" property allows you to specify how your menu is populated with menu items (and submenus):

Example of the <UL><LI> menu structure (option 2):

<ul id="awmULLI-menu" style="position:absolute;left:-999px;">
<li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>

<li><a href="item1.html">Item 1</a></li>

<li><a href="item2.html">Item 2</a>

<ul>

<li>Item 2.1

<ul>

<li><a href="item_211.html">Item 2.1.1</a></li>

<li><a href="item_212.html">Item 2.1.2</a></li>

<li><a href="item_213.html">Item 2.1.3</a></li>

<li><a href="item_214.html">Item 2.1.4</a></li>

</ul>

</li>

<li><a href="item_22.html">Item 2.2</a>

</li>

</ul>

</li>

<li><a href="item3.html">Item 3</a>

</li>

</ul>

When added to a page linked to your menu, the above <UL><LI> HTML code produces the following menu structure "on-the-fly":

You may also read the related HELP topic inside AllWebMenus, which provides more details on this feature.

When the menu initially appears on the page, you can have an item shown as "selected" (highlighted) or a group appear open.

See an online example:
http://www.likno.com/examples.html?example=show_item_group_on_appear

This new property is found here:

There are 3 options to achieve this:

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