CSS Navigation Menu - horizontal and keep submenu opened

[Nyris]

I have this code used for the navigation on an HTML page. It's an accordion style dropdown menu. Everything works fine I just need to change it so that the submenuheader class allows it to be a clickable link. Right now all that happens with for example Home has two submenus of About Us and Quality. When you click home it expands the dropdown. But I want it to expand and also direct to a Home page. thanks in advance!

var ddaccordion={
 
    contentclassname:{}, //object to store corresponding contentclass name based on headerclass
 
    expandone:function(headerclass, selected){ //PUBLIC function to expand a particular header
        this.toggleone(headerclass, selected, "expand")
    },
 
    collapseone:function(headerclass, selected){ //PUBLIC function to collapse a particular header
        this.toggleone(headerclass, selected, "collapse")
    },
 
    expandall:function(headerclass){ //PUBLIC function to expand all headers based on their shared CSS classname
        var $=jQuery
        var $headers=$('.'+headerclass)
        $('.'+this.contentclassname[headerclass]+':hidden').each(function(){
            $headers.eq(parseInt($(this).attr('contentindex'))).trigger("evt_accordion")
        })
    },
 
    collapseall:function(headerclass){ //PUBLIC function to collapse all headers based on their shared CSS classname
        var $=jQuery
        var $headers=$('.'+headerclass)
        $('.'+this.contentclassname[headerclass]+':visible').each(function(){
            $headers.eq(parseInt($(this).attr('contentindex'))).trigger("evt_accordion")
        })
    },
 
    toggleone:function(headerclass, selected, optstate){ //PUBLIC function to expand/ collapse a particular header
        var $=jQuery
        var $targetHeader=$('.'+headerclass).eq(selected)
        var $subcontent=$('.'+this.contentclassname[headerclass]).eq(selected)
        if (typeof optstate=="undefined" || optstate=="expand" && $subcontent.is(":hidden") || optstate=="collapse" && $subcontent.is(":visible"))
            $targetHeader.trigger("evt_accordion")
    },
 
    expandit:function($targetHeader, $targetContent, config, useractivated){
        $targetContent.slideDown(config.animatespeed, function(){config.onopenclose($targetHeader.get(0), parseInt($targetHeader.attr('headerindex')), $targetContent.css('display'), useractivated)})
        this.transformHeader($targetHeader, config, "expand")
    },
 
    collapseit:function($targetHeader, $targetContent, config, isuseractivated){
        $targetContent.slideUp(config.animatespeed, function(){config.onopenclose($targetHeader.get(0), parseInt($targetHeader.attr('headerindex')), $targetContent.css('display'), isuseractivated)})
        this.transformHeader($targetHeader, config, "collapse")
    },
 
    transformHeader:function($targetHeader, config, state){
        $targetHeader.addClass((state=="expand")? config.cssclass.expand : config.cssclass.collapse) //alternate btw "expand" and "collapse" CSS classes
        .removeClass((state=="expand")? config.cssclass.collapse : config.cssclass.expand)
        if (config.htmlsetting.location=='src'){ //Change header image (assuming header is an image)?
            $targetHeader=($targetHeader.is("img"))? $targetHeader : $targetHeader.find('img').eq(0) //Set target to either header itself, or first image within header
            $targetHeader.attr('src', (state=="expand")? config.htmlsetting.expand : config.htmlsetting.collapse) //change header image
        }
        else if (config.htmlsetting.location=="prefix") //if change "prefix" HTML, locate dynamically added ".accordprefix" span tag and change it
            $targetHeader.find('.accordprefix').html((state=="expand")? config.htmlsetting.expand : config.htmlsetting.collapse)
        else if (config.htmlsetting.location=="suffix")
            $targetHeader.find('.accordsuffix').html((state=="expand")? config.htmlsetting.expand : config.htmlsetting.collapse)
    },
 
    urlparamselect:function(headerclass){
        var result=window.location.search.match(new RegExp(headerclass+"=((\\d+)(,(\\d+))*)", "i")) //check for "?headerclass=2,3,4" in URL
        if (result!=null)
            result=RegExp.$1.split(',')
        return result //returns null, [index], or [index1,index2,etc], where index are the desired selected header indices
    },
 
    getCookie:function(Name){ 
        var re=new RegExp(Name+"=[^;]+", "i") //construct RE to search for target name/value pair
        if (document.cookie.match(re)) //if cookie found
            return document.cookie.match(re)[0].split("=")[1] //return its value
        return null
    },
 
    setCookie:function(name, value){
        document.cookie = name + "=" + value + "; path=/"
    },
 
    init:function(config){
    document.write('<style type="text/css">\n')
    document.write('.'+config.contentclass+'{display: none}\n') //generate CSS to hide contents
    document.write('<\/style>')
    jQuery(document).ready(function($){
        ddaccordion.urlparamselect(config.headerclass)
        var persistedheaders=ddaccordion.getCookie(config.headerclass)
        ddaccordion.contentclassname[config.headerclass]=config.contentclass //remember contentclass name based on headerclass
        config.cssclass={collapse: config.toggleclass[0], expand: config.toggleclass[1]} //store expand and contract CSS classes as object properties
        config.revealtype=/^(click)|(mouseover)$/i.test(config.revealtype)? config.revealtype.replace(/mouseover/i, "mouseenter") : "click"
        config.htmlsetting={location: config.togglehtml[0], collapse: config.togglehtml[1], expand: config.togglehtml[2]} //store HTML settings as object properties
        config.oninit=(typeof config.oninit=="undefined")? function(){} : config.oninit //attach custom "oninit" event handler
        config.onopenclose=(typeof config.onopenclose=="undefined")? function(){} : config.onopenclose //attach custom "onopenclose" event handler
        var lastexpanded={} //object to hold reference to last expanded header and content (jquery objects)
        var expandedindices=ddaccordion.urlparamselect(config.headerclass) || ((config.persiststate && persistedheaders!=null)? persistedheaders : config.defaultexpanded)
        if (typeof expandedindices=='string') //test for string value (exception is config.defaultexpanded, which is an array)
            expandedindices=expandedindices.replace(/c/ig, '').split(',') //transform string value to an array (ie: "c1,c2,c3" becomes [1,2,3]
        var $subcontents=$('.'+config["contentclass"])
        if (expandedindices.length==1 && expandedindices[0]=="-1") //check for expandedindices value of [-1], indicating persistence is on and no content expanded
            expandedindices=[]
        if (config["collapseprev"] && expandedindices.length>1) //only allow one content open?
            expandedindices=[expandedindices.pop()] //return last array element as an array (for sake of jQuery.inArray())
        if (config["onemustopen"] && expandedindices.length==0) //if at least one content should be open at all times and none are, open 1st header
            expandedindices=[0]
        $('.'+config["headerclass"]).each(function(index){ //loop through all headers
            if (/(prefix)|(suffix)/i.test(config.htmlsetting.location) && $(this).html()!=""){ //add a SPAN element to header depending on user setting and if header is a container tag
                $('<span class="accordprefix"></span>').prependTo(this)
                $('<span class="accordsuffix"></span>').appendTo(this)
            }
            $(this).attr('headerindex', index+'h') //store position of this header relative to its peers
            $subcontents.eq(index).attr('contentindex', index+'c') //store position of this content relative to its peers
            var $subcontent=$subcontents.eq(index)
            var needle=(typeof expandedindices[0]=="number")? index : index+'' //check for data type within expandedindices array- index should match that type
            if (jQuery.inArray(needle, expandedindices)!=-1){ //check for headers that should be expanded automatically (convert index to string first)
                if (config.animatedefault==false)
                    $subcontent.show()
                ddaccordion.expandit($(this), $subcontent, config, false) //Last Boolean value sets 'isuseractivated' parameter
                lastexpanded={$header:$(this), $content:$subcontent}
            }  //end check
            else{
                $subcontent.hide()
                config.onopenclose($(this).get(0), parseInt($(this).attr('headerindex')), $subcontent.css('display'), false) //Last Boolean value sets 'isuseractivated' parameter
                ddaccordion.transformHeader($(this), config, "collapse")
            }
        })
        $('.'+config["headerclass"]).bind("evt_accordion", function(){ //assign custom event handler that expands/ contacts a header
                var $subcontent=$subcontents.eq(parseInt($(this).attr('headerindex'))) //get subcontent that should be expanded/collapsed
                if ($subcontent.css('display')=="none"){
                    ddaccordion.expandit($(this), $subcontent, config, true) //Last Boolean value sets 'isuseractivated' parameter
                    if (config["collapseprev"] && lastexpanded.$header && $(this).get(0)!=lastexpanded.$header.get(0)){ //collapse previous content?
                        ddaccordion.collapseit(lastexpanded.$header, lastexpanded.$content, config, true) //Last Boolean value sets 'isuseractivated' parameter
                    }
                    lastexpanded={$header:$(this), $content:$subcontent}
                }
                else{
                    ddaccordion.collapseit($(this), $subcontent, config, true) //Last Boolean value sets 'isuseractivated' parameter
                }
         })
        $('.'+config["headerclass"]).bind(config.revealtype, function(){
            if (config.revealtype=="mouseenter"){
                ddaccordion.expandone(config["headerclass"], parseInt($(this).attr("headerindex")))
            }
            else{
                $(this).trigger("evt_accordion")
                return false //cancel default click behavior
            }
        })
        config.oninit($('.'+config["headerclass"]).get(), expandedindices)
        $(window).bind('unload', function(){ //clean up and persist on page unload
            $('.'+config["headerclass"]).unbind()
            var expandedindices=[]
            $('.'+config["contentclass"]+":visible").each(function(index){ //get indices of expanded headers
                expandedindices.push($(this).attr('contentindex'))
            })
            if (config.persiststate==true){ //persist state?
                expandedindices=(expandedindices.length==0)? '-1c' : expandedindices //No contents expanded, indicate that with dummy '-1c' value?
                ddaccordion.setCookie(config.headerclass, expandedindices)
            }
        })
    })
    }
}

[Nyris]

No no! This is what the navigation looks like now. What I need it to do is when you click on the header menu's I want it to go to that page as well as open up the submenus. I haven't changed anything yet. ^_^b

[Dormilich]

in the CSS dropdown the submenu will open if the mouse pointer touches the appropriate link (the last link had a working sample, as I recall). so boldly speaking CSS dropdown doesn't depend on click events.

by speaking of opening the submenus—where do you want the submenus to show up (there's a whole lot of possibilities, only limited by you imagination)?

[Nyris]

I would like to expand beneath the header like it does now. That's what the boss wants! haha

[Dormilich]

should be possible, you have to play around with the CSS a bit, though.

[acoder]

Nyris, are you going the CSS route or are you sticking to JavaScript? If you're changing to CSS, I'll move this thread over to the HTML/CSS forum.

[Nyris]

I want to try it with CSS, yes. Though I'll probably need some help with it. I know absolutely nothing about Javascript. Trying to edit the file now to get it to do what I want is less likely to happen haha.

[acoder]

Moved thread to the HTML/CSS forum and edited the title to reflect the change in direction.

Moderator.

[drhowarddrfine]

The only way to have the submenu open is if you send the html that way. CSS will not do this automatically.