GUI Components JavaScript DHTML

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        Website Top Nav (with submenus built from JavaScript)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
 
        
        
            div.yui-b p {
            
                margin:0 0 .5em 0;
                color:#999;
            
            }
            
            div.yui-b p strong {
            
                font-weight:bold;
                color:#000;
            
            }
            
            div.yui-b p em {
                color:#000;
            
            }            
            
            h1 {
                padding:.25em .5em;
                background-color:#ccc;
            }
            #productsandservices {
            
                visibility: visible;
                margin:0 0 10px 0;
            
            }
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            // "load" handler for the window
            YAHOO.example.onWindowLoad = function(p_oEvent) {
    
                // Hides submenus of the root Menubar instance
                
                function hideSubmenus() {
                    if(oMenuBar.activeItem) {
                    
                        var oSubmenu = oMenuBar.activeItem.cfg.getProperty("submenu");
                        if(oSubmenu) {
                        
                            oSubmenu.hide();
                        
                        }
                    
                    }
                }    
                // Cancels the call to "hideSubmenus"
                function cancelTimer() {
                    if(nTimeoutId) {
    
                        window.clearTimeout(nTimeoutId);
    
                    }
                
                }
    
    
                // "mouseout" event handler for each submenu of the menubar
                
                function onSubmenuMouseOut(p_sType, p_aArguments, p_oMenu) {
    
                    cancelTimer();
    
                    nTimeoutId = window.setTimeout(hideSubmenus, 750);
                
                }
    
    
                // "mouseover" handler for each item in the menubar
    
                function onMenuBarItemMouseOver(p_sType, p_aArguments, p_oMenuItem) {
                
                    var oActiveItem = this.parent.activeItem;
                
                
                    // Hide any other submenus that might be visible
                
                    if(oActiveItem && oActiveItem != this) {
                
                        this.parent.clearActiveItem();
                
                    }
                
                
                    // Select and focus the current MenuItem instance
                
                    this.cfg.setProperty("selected", true);
                    this.focus();
                
                
                    // Show the submenu for this instance
                
                    var oSubmenu = this.cfg.getProperty("submenu");
                
                    if(oSubmenu) {
                
                        oSubmenu.show();
                
                    }
                
                }
            
    
                // "mouseout" handler for each item in the menubar
            
                function onMenuBarItemMouseOut(p_sType, p_aArguments, p_oMenuItem) {
                
                    this.cfg.setProperty("selected", false);
                
                
                    var oSubmenu = this.cfg.getProperty("submenu");
                
                    if(oSubmenu) {
                
                        var oDOMEvent = p_aArguments[0],
                            oRelatedTarget = YAHOO.util.Event.getRelatedTarget(oDOMEvent);
                
                        if(
                            !(
                                oRelatedTarget == oSubmenu.element || 
                                this._oDom.isAncestor(oSubmenu.element, oRelatedTarget)
                            )
                        ) {
                
                            oSubmenu.hide();
                
                        }
                
                    }
                
                }
                // "beforeshow" handler for each submenu of the menubar
                function onMenuBeforeShow(p_sType, p_sArgs) {
                    // Check if the menu has any items. If not, add them
                    
                    if(this.getItemGroups().length == 0) {
                        var aItemsData = this.itemsData,
                            nItems = aItemsData.length,
                            oItemData,
                            oItemConfig,
                            oSubmenu;
                        for(var i=0; i                            oItemData = aItemsData[i];
                            if(oItemData) {
                                oItemConfig = {};
    
                                if(oItemData.url) {
                                
                                    oItemConfig.url = oItemData.url;
                                
                                }
                                
    
                                if(oItemData.submenuItems) {
    
                                    oSubmenu = new YAHOO.widget.Menu(oItemData.submenuId);
                                    oSubmenu.itemsData = oItemData.submenuItems;
                                    oSubmenu.beforeShowEvent.subscribe(onMenuBeforeShow, oSubmenu, true);
                                    oSubmenu.mouseOverEvent.subscribe(cancelTimer);
                                    oSubmenu.mouseOutEvent.subscribe(onSubmenuMouseOut, oSubmenu, true);
    
                                    oItemConfig.submenu = oSubmenu;
                                
                                }
    
                                // Add the new YAHOO.widget.MenuItem instance to the Menu
    
                                this.addItem(new YAHOO.widget.MenuItem(oItemData.text, oItemConfig));
                            }
                        }
                        // Render the submenu into its parent MenuItem instance's element
                        this.render(this.parent.element);
                        
                    }
                
                }
                var nTimeoutId;
                /*
                     Use a JSON-formatted data structure to define the data for 
                     the submenus of the menubar
                */
                var oMenuData = {
                
                    "communications": [ 
                    
                        { text: "360", url: "http://360.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Alerts", url: "http://alerts.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Avatars", url: "http://avatars.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Groups", url: "http://groups.yahoo.com " },
                        { text: "Internet Access", url: "http://promo.yahoo.com/broadband" },
                        { text: "PIM", submenuId: "pim", submenuItems: [
                                { text: "Yahoo! Mail", url:"http://mail.yahoo.com" },
                                { text: "Yahoo! Address Book", url:"http://addressbook.yahoo.com" },
                                { text: "Yahoo! Calendar",  url:"http://calendar.yahoo.com" },
                                { text: "Yahoo! Notepad", url:"http://notepad.yahoo.com" }
                            ]
                        
                        }, 
                        { text: "Member Directory", url: "http://members.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Messenger", url: "http://messenger.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Mobile", url: "http://mobile.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Photos", url: "http://photos.yahoo.com" },
                    
                    ],
                    "shopping": [
                        { text: "Auctions", url: "http://auctions.shopping.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Autos", url: "http://autos.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Classifieds", url: "http://classifieds.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Flowers & Gifts", url: "http://shopping.yahoo.com/b:Flowers%20%26%20Gifts:20146735" },
                        { text: "Points", url: "http://points.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Real Estate", url: "http://realestate.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Travel", url: "http://travel.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Wallet", url: "http://wallet.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Yellow Pages", url: "http://yp.yahoo.com" }
                    
                    ],
                    "entertainment": [
                    
                        { text: "Fantasy Sports", url: "http://fantasysports.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Games", url: "http://games.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Kids", url: "http://www.yahooligans.com" },
                        { text: "Music", url: "http://music.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Movies", url: "http://movies.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Radio", url: "http://music.yahoo.com/launchcast" },
                        { text: "Travel", url: "http://travel.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "TV", url: "http://tv.yahoo.com" }              
                    
                    ],
                    "information": [
                    
                        { text: "Downloads", url: "http://downloads.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Finance", url: "http://finance.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Health", url: "http://health.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Local", url: "http://local.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Maps & Directions", url: "http://maps.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "My Yahoo!", url: "http://my.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "News", url: "http://news.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Search", url: "http://search.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Small Business", url: "http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com" },
                        { text: "Weather", url: "http://weather.yahoo.com" }
                    
                    ]
                };
                // Initialize the root menubar
                var oMenuBar = new YAHOO.widget.MenuBar("productsandservices");
                // Initialize the submenus of the items in the root menubar
                var oCommunications = new YAHOO.widget.Menu("communications"),
                    oShopping = new YAHOO.widget.Menu("shopping"),
                    oEntertainment = new YAHOO.widget.Menu("entertainment"),
                    oInformation = new YAHOO.widget.Menu("information");
                /*
                     Add a property ("itemsData") to each submenu that 
                     is reference to the data for its items.
                     This data will be used in the "beforeshow" handler to add
                     the items to each submenu before it is displayed.
                */
                oCommunications.itemsData = oMenuData["communications"];
                oShopping.itemsData = oMenuData["shopping"];
                oEntertainment.itemsData = oMenuData["entertainment"];
                oInformation.itemsData = oMenuData["information"];
                // Assign event handlers
                // Add a "mouseover" handler to the menubar
                oMenuBar.mouseOverEvent.subscribe(cancelTimer);
                // Add a "beforeshow" event handler to each submenu
                oCommunications.beforeShowEvent.subscribe(onMenuBeforeShow, oCommunications, true);
                oShopping.beforeShowEvent.subscribe(onMenuBeforeShow, oShopping, true);
                oEntertainment.beforeShowEvent.subscribe(onMenuBeforeShow, oEntertainment, true);
                oInformation.beforeShowEvent.subscribe(onMenuBeforeShow, oInformation, true);
                // Add a "mouseover" event handler to each submenu
                oCommunications.mouseOverEvent.subscribe(cancelTimer);
                oShopping.mouseOverEvent.subscribe(cancelTimer);
                oEntertainment.mouseOverEvent.subscribe(cancelTimer);
                oInformation.mouseOverEvent.subscribe(cancelTimer);
                // Add a "mouseout" event handler to each submenu
                oCommunications.mouseOutEvent.subscribe(onSubmenuMouseOut, oCommunications, true);
                oShopping.mouseOutEvent.subscribe(onSubmenuMouseOut, oShopping, true);
                oEntertainment.mouseOutEvent.subscribe(onSubmenuMouseOut, oEntertainment, true);
                oInformation.mouseOutEvent.subscribe(onSubmenuMouseOut, oInformation, true);
                // Add the submenus to the items in the menubar 
                oMenuBar.getItem(0).cfg.setProperty("submenu", oCommunications);
                oMenuBar.getItem(1).cfg.setProperty("submenu", oShopping);
                oMenuBar.getItem(2).cfg.setProperty("submenu", oEntertainment);
                oMenuBar.getItem(3).cfg.setProperty("submenu", oInformation);
                // Add a "click" handler to the document
                YAHOO.util.Event.addListener(document, "click", hideSubmenus);
                /*
                    Add a "mouseover" and "mouseout" event handler each item 
                    in the menubar 
                */               
                var aMenuBarItems = oMenuBar.getItemGroups()[0],
                    oMenuItem,
                    i = aMenuBarItems.length - 1;
                do {
                    oMenuItem = aMenuBarItems[i];
                    oMenuItem.mouseOverEvent.subscribe(onMenuBarItemMouseOver, oMenuItem, true);
                    oMenuItem.mouseOutEvent.subscribe(onMenuBarItemMouseOut, oMenuItem, true);
                
                }
                while(i--);
                // Render the menubar
                oMenuBar.render();
                
            }
            YAHOO.util.Event.addListener(window, "load", YAHOO.example.onWindowLoad);
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
                    

Website Top Nav (with submenus built from JavaScript) [Examples Home]


        
                
            

            
                
                
                    
                        
                        
                            
                                
                                    Communication
                                    Shopping
                                    Entertainment
                                    Information
                                
                            

                        

                        

NOTE: This example demonstrates how to combine a menu built from existing markup with a menu built completely from JavaScript.  The root menu in the top nav is constructed using markup and enables the user to navigate to different landing pages for each product category.  If JavaScript is enabled, submenus are constructed and appended to the root menu.  This allows the user to skip the product landing pages and proceed directly to a given property.  Alternatively, you can add submenus to a menubar using markup


                        
                            
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