Code Samples

[Delta]

Drop Down Menu

Mozilla : work well widowed elements such as drop downs, except for flash
movies
IE : work well so far

http://pwp.netcabo.pt/falmartins/index.htm

[David Dorward]

Delta wrote:

Drop Down Menu
http://pwp.netcabo.pt/falmartins/index.htm

* Breaks in Opera
* Breaks in Konqueror
* Abuses tables for layout
* Invalid markup
* Appears to be immune to keyboard control.
* No links if CSS available but JS not.
* Impossible to work out the difference between a menu heading and a real
link in a text browser

Not something I would recommend to anybody.
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[Delta]

"David Dorward" <do*****@yahoo. com> wrote in message
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* Breaks in Opera
* Breaks in Konqueror

don't have all browsers of the world installed on my PC
* Abuses tables for layout
just because I want it full compatible with VB.NET/ASP.NET

* Invalid markup
* Appears to be immune to keyboard control.
My mouse does everything
* No links if CSS available but JS not.
* Impossible to work out the difference between a menu heading and a real
link in a text browser

Not something I would recommend to anybody.

for beginners should be helpful, not for experts

[Randy Webb]

Delta said the following on 9/6/2005 6:10 PM:

"David Dorward" <do*****@yahoo. com> wrote in message
news:df******** ***********@new s.demon.co.uk.. .

* Breaks in Opera
* Breaks in Konqueror
don't have all browsers of the world installed on my PC

Considering that Opera is the #3 Browser for an MS based PC, for someone
that is attempting to give free code samples, you should have it
installed. www.opera.com

* Abuses tables for layout

just because I want it full compatible with VB.NET/ASP.NET

You need a better server setup then if your server dictates that you
abuse tables for layout.

* Invalid markup
* Appears to be immune to keyboard control.

My mouse does everything

Evidently it doesn't do your thinking for you. Or, can you tell me how
to plug a mouse into my web-browser capable cell phone?

* No links if CSS available but JS not.
* Impossible to work out the difference between a menu heading and a real
link in a text browser

Not something I would recommend to anybody.

for beginners should be helpful, not for experts

Not even helpful for beginners if it's going to teach more bad habits
than good.
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Randy
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[Delta]

"Randy Webb" <Hi************ @aol.com> wrote in message
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You need a better server setup then if your server dictates that you abuse
tables for layout.

And how do you do a ASP.NET drop-down menu with Web Forms Links that you
can enable/disable ? where some of the menu items should be disabled by
checking users privileges ?

So I made a table for each menu option, and I can change each menu link with
a WebForm Control in design mode (VB.NET)

[Dr Clue]

Delta wrote:

Drop Down Menu

Mozilla : work well widowed elements such as drop downs, except for flash
movies
IE : work well so far

http://pwp.netcabo.pt/falmartins/index.htm

Try this one
http://www.drclue.net/projects/jsDHT...sMenuTest.html

It uses XML , so if one (i have not ) included a link to the XML file
then google , and screen readers for the blind (JAWS/Homepage) or those
w/o js could still read/spider.

But heck , yours still looked like a menu so kudos for making that far,
keep up your efforts and perhaps even the ney-sayers who could not code
even what you have might be silenced.
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[Dr Clue]

Randy Webb wrote:

Considering that Opera is the #3 Browser for an MS based PC, for someone
that is attempting to give free code samples, you should have it
installed. www.opera.com

Opera probably could do better too.
Being the supposed champions of standards , hiding CSS from
javascript don't help.

In order for me to connect CSS to javascript in Opera
I have to use HTTP , a proxy and a parser as opposed to
the 24 lines of js code that handles everyone else.

I've never been a browser racist , but Opera is a development
pig costing more time than all the other browsers combined.

I continue to make the effort for Opera, but IMHO
Opera has consistantly denied itself market share through no
fault but their own.

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[Richard Cornford]

Dr Clue wrote:

Delta wrote:

Drop Down Menu

<snip> Try this one

http://www.drclue.net/projects/jsDHT...jsMenuTest.htm
l

It doesn't cope that well if/when the user increases the font size.

Richard.

[Dr Clue]

Richard Cornford wrote:

Dr Clue wrote: <snip> http://www.drclue.net/projects/jsDHT...jsMenuTest.htm
l

It doesn't cope that well if/when the user increases the font size.

Your correct in that regard , but in order to allow
free-form content the menu needs to measure the size results
of the rendered content.

It's almost too much to do so on a single load , much less a multiple
size change in a single session.

I'm open to suggestions , got any?

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[Richard Cornford]

Dr Clue wrote:

Richard Cornford wrote:

It doesn't cope that well if/when the user increases the
font size.

Your correct in that regard , but in order to allow
free-form content the menu needs to measure the size results
of the rendered content.

It's almost too much to do so on a single load , much less a
multiple size change in a single session.

I'm open to suggestions , got any?

I have seen enough menus that do take account of the user
configurability of web browsers to be fairly sure it can be done (at
least on modern dynamic visual browsers, and viable clean degradation
provided for the others). It might be worth going into the perceived
issues that make you think it difficult.

Richard.