Likno Software Blog – DHTML Menus, Javascript Menus, Drop Down 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 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).