[drupal-devel] [feature] Auto-expand navigation menu options on
mouseover
m3avrck
drupal-devel at drupal.org
Wed Aug 24 17:31:20 UTC 2005
Issue status update for
http://drupal.org/node/29551
Post a follow up:
http://drupal.org/project/comments/add/29551
Project: Drupal
Version: cvs
Component: menu system
Category: feature requests
Priority: normal
Assigned to: Anonymous
Reported by: nedjo
Updated by: m3avrck
Status: patch (code needs review)
That's why I suggested this other method for creating the XHTML and then
the additional JS for IE. It works great, and with the proper tweaking
of the CSS (e.g., padding mainly) it works almost flawlessly. I'm using
it in a current project with 3 layers of menus with no usability
problems.
m3avrck
Previous comments:
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Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:43:24 +0000 : nedjo
Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/expandable_menu.patch (2.16 KB)
One or more unneeded page loads are often required to bring up the
desired page through the navigation menu (e.g., administer > settings >
content types).
Using CSS, this patch introduces automatically expanding menu options.
E.g., holding the mouse over "create content" will dynamically expand
the menu, revealing the available options ("page", "story", etc.).
Issues & questions:
* Is this a desired behaviour?
* Page loads are slightly larger, since they include hidden menu
portions.
* Not supported by, e.g., Internet Explorer due to CSS bugs.
Downgrades cleanly, but means that functionality is not uniform across
browsers. A js IE fix is available, see e.g.,
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dropdowns/ but it's a big ugly.
* Display is a bit jumpy. Slideouts or slowed transitions might be
nice, but would I assume require javascript.
* Introduced as the default behaviour, not as an option. Should this
be a configuration option instead?
The approach is based on suggestions and code [1] for the
taxonomy_context module by eferraiuolo [2].
[1] http://drupal.org/node/29074
[2] http://drupal.org/user/24218\" title=\"View user profile.
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Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:45:37 +0000 : ica
I might be wrong beause of my lack of knowledge coding but zirafa's
example here with togglediv might be the solution for Auto-expand
navigation instead alistapart's?
http://www.drupalart.org/togglediv
(Altough alistapart of a site/coders who practice elegancy with fine
coding to high standard to inspire -imho)
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Wed, 24 Aug 2005 17:00:50 +0000 : m3avrck
If we are going to include a script, I would recommend this one:
http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/
Uses no additional markup and only requires the use of one extra class
for the effect to work in IE. Requires a small, 12 line JS file to
work in IE. Works perfectly, super easy, clean, and standards
compliant.
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Wed, 24 Aug 2005 17:28:25 +0000 : fajerstarter
Altough I think it's a really good idea and really could improve the
navigation (this is one thing that's always bugging me, 4 clicks just
to change that little thing), it's not that good for usability.
If just css had a delay effect...
Try for example to go from top to down to click the administrator link.
Impossible I would say; you have to go from bottom up or else it
dissapears.
I think for this to be really useful we need some kind of javascript.
And then this gets much more complicated (and debated).
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