Download menu

Put this into your <HEAD> section

	<style type="text/css">

	#dhtmlgoodies_menu{	/* Menu object */
		margin:0px;
		padding:0px;
		width:150px;	/* Width of menu */
	}
	#dhtmlgoodies_menu li{
		margin-top:2px;	/* Space between each menu item */
		
		
		/* Don't change these four values */
		list-style-type:none;				
		clear:both;
		display:block;	
		overflow:auto;
	}
	
	#dhtmlgoodies_menu li a{	/* Text rules for the menu items */
		color:#000;	/* Black text color */
		text-decoration:none;	/* No underline */
		font-family: Trebuchet MS, Lucida Sans Unicode, Arial, sans-serif;	/* Font to use */
		letter-spacing:1px;	/* Extra space between each letter of the menu items */
		font-size:0.7em;	/* Fixed font size */
		font-weight:bold;	/* Bold font */
		float:left;
		background-color:#F1F1F1;
		padding-left:3px;
		line-height:25px;	/* Height of menu links */

	}
	#dhtmlgoodies_menu li div{
		float:left;

	}
	</style>
	
	<script type="text/javascript" src="color_functions.js"></script>
	<SCRIPT type="text/javascript">
	/************************************************************************************************************
	(C) www.dhtmlgoodies.com, October 2005
	
	This is a script from www.dhtmlgoodies.com. You will find this and a lot of other scripts at our website.	
	
	Terms of use:
	You are free to use this script as long as the copyright message is kept intact. However, you may not
	redistribute, sell or repost it without our permission.
	
	Thank you!
	
	www.dhtmlgoodies.com
	Alf Magne Kalleland
	
	************************************************************************************************************/
	
	/*
	
	HOW TO DEAL WITH THE ARRAYS BELOW
	
	You can have more than one color in your menu. You define which color a menu item belongs to by specifying a class for the <a> tag
	Example: <a class="menuGroup1"> which means that this element uses color number 2 (0 = first color). btw: You don't have to specify
	<a class="menugroup0"> if a menu item uses the first color. This color is the default choice if nothing else is defined.
	
	*/
	
	var initActiveMenuItem = -1; // 	If one of the menu items should be initially highlighted.(-1 = none, 0 = first item, 1 = second...)
	var activeSmallSquareColor = ['#D60808','#08D608']; // Color of small square at the left of each menu item - only one item in the array if you only have one color
	var colorSquareWidth = 2; 	// Width of small square;
	var marginSquare = 1;
	
	
	var bgColorLinks = ["#E2EBED",'#EDE3E3'];	// Background color for menu links - one element for each menu color
	var degreesToDarkenOrLighten = [15,15]; // How many percent point to darken/lighten,or change saturation of the color above on mouse over (10-15 percent point is usually enough).
	var changeBrightnessOrSaturation = ['saturation','saturation'];	// Possible values: "saturation" and "brightness" - which one to adjust on mouseover
	
	var textColorMenuItems = ['#000000','#000000'];	/* Text color of links - one array item for each group of colors */
	/*
	You can use the color schemer at www.dhtmlgoodies.com to find your colors
	
	We use the HSB color system here, The HSB color system is based on three values
	
	* Hue = Which color, i.e. degree on color wheel
	* Saturation = Intensity of the color to use
	* Brightness = Brightness of the color
	
	
	When you use the color schemer at the site, pick a color from the palett or type it into the RGB text box(format #RRGGBB, example #E2EBED)
	Then adjust the value of brightness by typing in a new value in that text box(label "B"). 
	
	*/
	
	
	var darkenOnMouseOver = [false,false];	// Darken or Lighten on mouse over (true = darken, false = lighten) 
											// One element for each menu color. 
											// (Or more or less saturation if that is chosen in changeBrightnessOrSaturation 

	
	var timeStepOpacitySquare = 15;	// Microseconds between each opacity change	-> Lower value = faster
	var opacityChangePerStep = 10;	// Steps - change in opacity - on mouse out	= Higher = faster	
	var timeStepSwitchBgColor = 10;	// Microseconds between each text background change(darken or lighten)	-> Lower value = faster
	var bgColorStep  = [2,2];	// lower value = slower bg color fading. This value should usually be about 10 percent of the degrees to lighten/darken
	/************************************************************************************************************
	/* Don't change anything below here 
	************************************************************************************************************/
	var activeMenuItem = false;
	var activeMenuLink = false;	
	var menuObj;
	var brightnessLink = new Array(); 
	var saturationLink = new Array(); 
	var brightnessLinkMin = new Array();
	var saturationLinkMin = new Array();
	var darkenBrightnessCounter = new Array(); // Darken or lighten - this variable is set manually
	var startHue = new Array();
	var startSat = new Array();
	var startBri = new Array();
	
	
	
	function showMenuItem()
	{
		var hsb = toHSV(this.getAttribute('bgColorItem'));
		currentIndex = this.className.replace(/[^\d]/g,'');
		if(changeBrightnessOrSaturation[currentIndex]=='saturation'){
			if(darkenOnMouseOver[currentIndex]){
				var saturation = hsb[1] - (degreesToDarkenOrLighten[currentIndex]/100);
			}else{
				var saturation = hsb[1] + (degreesToDarkenOrLighten[currentIndex]/100);
			}
			if(saturation<0)saturation=0;
			if(saturation>1)saturation=1;
			var rgb = toRgb(hsb[0],saturation,hsb[2]);
		}else{
			if(darkenOnMouseOver[currentIndex]){
				var brightness = hsb[2] - (degreesToDarkenOrLighten[currentIndex]/100);
			}else{
				var brightness = hsb[2] + (degreesToDarkenOrLighten[currentIndex]/100);
			}
			if(brightness<0)brightness=0;
			if(brightness>1)brightness=1;
			var rgb = toRgb(hsb[0],hsb[1],brightness);
		}
		this.style.backgroundColor = rgb;
		this.currentBgColorItem = rgb;
		this.setAttribute('currentBgColorItem',rgb);
		
		var obj = this.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('DIV')[0];
		obj.setAttribute('okToHide','0');
		obj.okToHide = 0;
		this.setAttribute('okToHide','0');
		this.okToHide = 0;
		obj.style.visibility = 'visible';
		
		obj.style.opacity = 0.98;	
		obj.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=98)';
		

	}
	
	function hideMenuItem()
	{
		if(this.getAttribute('initActive')=='1')return;
		if(this.initActive=='1')return;
		var obj = this.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('DIV')[0];
		obj.setAttribute('okToHide','1');
		obj.okToHide = 1;
		this.setAttribute('okToHide','1');
		this.okToHide = 1;
		obj.style.visibility = 'visible';		
		if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Opera')>=0){
			obj.style.visibility = 'hidden';
		}else{
			progressHideSquare(obj.id,(opacityChangePerStep*-1));	
		}		
		progressShowHideBgColor(this.id);	
	}
	
	
	function progressShowHideBgColor(inputId)
	{
		
		var obj = document.getElementById(inputId);
		var currentBgColor = obj.getAttribute('currentBgColorItem');
		if(obj.getAttribute('okToHide')=='0')return;
		if(!currentBgColor)currentBgColor = obj.currentBgColorItem;
		if(currentBgColor){
			var index = obj.className.replace(/[^\d]/g,'');
			var hsb = toHSV(currentBgColor);
			if(changeBrightnessOrSaturation[index]=='saturation'){
				var saturation = hsb[1];			
				saturation+=darkenBrightnessCounter[index];
				if((saturation>saturationLink[index] && darkenOnMouseOver[index]) || (saturation<saturationLink[index] && !darkenOnMouseOver[index]))saturation = saturationLink[index];
				var rgb = toRgb(startHue[index],saturation,startBri[index]);	
				
				obj.style.backgroundColor = rgb;
				obj.currentBgColorItem = rgb;
				obj.setAttribute('currentBgColorItem',rgb);		
				if((hsb[1]<saturation && darkenOnMouseOver[index]) || (hsb[1]>saturation && !darkenOnMouseOver[index])){
					setTimeout('progressShowHideBgColor(\'' + inputId + '\')',timeStepSwitchBgColor);				
				}else{
					var index = obj.className.replace(/[^\d]/g,'');				
					obj.style.backgroundColor = bgColorLinks[index];
				}
										
			}else{
				var brightness = hsb[2];			
				brightness+=darkenBrightnessCounter[index];
				if((brightness>brightnessLink[index] && darkenOnMouseOver[index]) || (brightness<brightnessLink[index] && !darkenOnMouseOver[index]))brightness = brightnessLink[index];
				var rgb = toRgb(startHue[index],startSat[index],brightness);
				obj.style.backgroundColor = rgb;
				obj.currentBgColorItem = rgb;
				obj.setAttribute('currentBgColorItem',rgb);		
				if((hsb[2]<brightness && darkenOnMouseOver[index]) || (hsb[2]>brightness && !darkenOnMouseOver[index])){
					setTimeout('progressShowHideBgColor(\'' + inputId + '\')',timeStepSwitchBgColor);				
				}else{
					var index = obj.className.replace(/[^\d]/g,'');				
					obj.style.backgroundColor = bgColorLinks[index];
				}
							
			}

		}			
	}	
	
	function progressHideSquare(inputId,step)
	{
		
		var obj = document.getElementById(inputId);

		if(obj.getAttribute('okToHide')=='0' && step<0)return;
				
		if(document.all){
			var currentOpacity = obj.style.filter.replace(/[^\d]/g,'')/1;

			if(currentOpacity>=99){

			}
			else if(currentOpacity==11){
				obj.style.visibility='hidden';
			}else{
				currentOpacity = currentOpacity + step;
				if(currentOpacity<1)currentOpacity=1;
				if(currentOpacity>99)currentOpacity=9;
				obj.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=' + currentOpacity + ')';
				setTimeout('progressHideSquare("' + inputId + '",' + (step) + ')',timeStepOpacitySquare);
			}				
		}else{
			step = step / 100;
			var currentOpacity = obj.style.opacity/1;

			if(currentOpacity>=0.99){

			}
			else if(currentOpacity==0.01){
				obj.style.visibility='hidden';
			}else{
				currentOpacity = currentOpacity + step;

				if(currentOpacity<0.01)currentOpacity=0.01;
				if(currentOpacity>0.99)currentOpacity=0.99;
				obj.style.opacity = currentOpacity;
				setTimeout('progressHideSquare("' + inputId + '",' + (step*100) + ')',timeStepOpacitySquare);
			}	
		}		
	}
	
	
	function dhtmlgoodies_initMenu()
	{
		menuObj = document.getElementById('dhtmlgoodies_menu');
		for(var no=0;no<bgColorLinks.length;no++){
			var hsbArray = toHSV(bgColorLinks[no]);
			brightnessLink.push(hsbArray[2]);
			saturationLink.push(hsbArray[1]);
			startHue.push(hsbArray[0]);
			startSat.push(hsbArray[1]);
			startBri.push(hsbArray[2]);
			if(darkenOnMouseOver[no]){
				brightnessLinkMin.push(Math.max(hsbArray[2] - (degreesToDarkenOrLighten[no]/100),0));
				saturationLinkMin.push(Math.max(hsbArray[1] - (degreesToDarkenOrLighten[no]/100),0));
				darkenBrightnessCounter.push(bgColorStep[no]/100);
			}else{
				brightnessLinkMin.push(Math.min(hsbArray[2] + (degreesToDarkenOrLighten[no]/100),1));
				saturationLinkMin.push(Math.min(hsbArray[1] + (degreesToDarkenOrLighten[no]/100),1));
				darkenBrightnessCounter.push((bgColorStep[no]/100)*-1);
			}
		}
		var listItems = menuObj.getElementsByTagName('LI');
		for(var no=0;no<listItems.length;no++){
			
	
			var menuLink = listItems[no].getElementsByTagName('A')[0];
			if(menuLink){
				if(!menuLink.className)menuLink.className = 'menuGroup0';
				var groupIndex = menuLink.className.replace(/[^\d]/g,'');
				listItems[no].id = 'listItem' + no;	
				var height = menuLink.offsetHeight;	
				menuLink.style.display='block';
				menuLink.style.height=height + 'px';
				menuLink.style.lineHeight=height + 'px';
				menuLink.onmouseover = showMenuItem;		
				menuLink.onmouseout = hideMenuItem;		
				menuLink.style.backgroundColor = bgColorLinks[groupIndex];
				menuLink.setAttribute('bgColorItem',bgColorLinks[groupIndex]);
				menuLink.bgColorItem = bgColorLinks[groupIndex];
				menuLink.setAttribute('currentBgColorItem',bgColorLinks[groupIndex]);
				menuLink.currentBgColorItem = bgColorLinks[groupIndex];
				menuLink.id = 'listLink' + no;
				menuLink.style.color = textColorMenuItems[groupIndex];
				
				
				var colorDiv = document.createElement('DIV');
				colorDiv.innerHTML = '<span><\/span>';
				colorDiv.style.height = height + 'px';
				colorDiv.style.width = colorSquareWidth + 'px';
				colorDiv.style.backgroundColor = activeSmallSquareColor[groupIndex];
				colorDiv.style.marginRight = marginSquare + 'px';
				colorDiv.style.visibility = 'hidden'			
				colorDiv.id = 'colorSquare' + no;
				colorDiv.style.opacity = 0.99;	// Not possible to use 1 because of JS flickering in Firefox
				colorDiv.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=100)';
				
				if(initActiveMenuItem==no){
					colorDiv.style.visibility = 'visible';
					if(changeBrightnessOrSaturation[groupIndex]=='saturation'){
						menuLink.style.backgroundColor = toRgb(startHue[groupIndex],saturationLinkMin[groupIndex],startBri[groupIndex]);
					}else{
						menuLink.style.backgroundColor = toRgb(startHue[groupIndex],startSat[groupIndex],brightnessLinkMin[groupIndex]);
					}
					menuLink.initActive = '1';
					menuLink.setAttribute('initActive','1');
					
				}
				
				listItems[no].appendChild(colorDiv);			
				listItems[no].appendChild(menuLink);
	
				var clearDiv = document.createElement('DIV');
				clearDiv.style.clear='both';
				listItems[no].appendChild(clearDiv);
				clearDiv.innerHTML = '<span></span>';
							
				var currentWidth = (listItems[no].offsetWidth - colorDiv.offsetWidth - marginSquare);
				menuLink.style.width =  currentWidth + 'px';
				while(listItems[no].offsetHeight>=(menuLink.offsetHeight*2)){		
					currentWidth--;	
					menuLink.style.width =  currentWidth + 'px';
					
				}
				listItems[no].style.overflow='hidden';
			}
		}		
	}
	window.onload = dhtmlgoodies_initMenu;
	
	</script>

Put this into your <BODY> section

		<ul id="dhtmlgoodies_menu">
			<li><a href="http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com">Menu scripts</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com">Form widgets</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com">Table widgets</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com">Calendar scripts</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com">Javascript games</a></li>
			<li><a class="menuGroup1" href="http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com">About</a></li>
			<li><a class="menuGroup1" href="http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com">Contact</a></li>			
			<li><a class="menuGroup1" href="http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com">Donate</a></li>
			<li><a class="menuGroup1" href="http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com">Terms of use</a></li>

		</ul>

Download external js file

This script requires the file color_functions.js in order to work. Right click on the link and select "Save target as". Put the file in the same folder as your html file or modify the <SCRIPT> tag referring to the file:
<script src="color_functions.js"></script>

Configuration

The menu items are created by plain HTML, example:
<ul id="dhtmlgoodies_menu">
<li>
  <a href="http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com">Menu scripts</a>
</li>
<li>
  <a href="http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com">Form widgets</a>
</li>
<li>
  <a href="http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com">Table widgets</a>
</li>
<li>
  <a href="http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com">Calendar scripts</a>
</li>
<li>
  <a href="http://www.dhtmlgoodies.com">Javascript games</a>
</li>
<li>
  <a class="menuGroup1" href="page.html">About</a>
</li>
<li>
  <a class="menuGroup1" href="page.html">Contact</a>
</li>
<li>
  <a class="menuGroup1" href="page.html">Donate</a>
</li>
<li>
  <a class="menuGroup1" href="page.html">Terms of use</a>
</li>
</ul>

You can specify several colors for the menu and you assign a menu item to a color by giving the <A> tag a class name. Example: <a class="menuGroup1" href="page.html">Donate</a> assign this menu item to the second color. If no class is specified, the menu item will use the first color.

You have some javascript variables available which you could use to set colors for the script. Each of them is described by comments in the code.

Find a color

You can use the color schemer at www.dhtmlgoodies.com to find your ideal colors for this menu. What you do is to find a background color for your menu items. Then figure out how much you want to darken or lighten that color on mouse over.

This is done by use of the HSB color system. In the color schemer, you have text boxes for Hue, Saturation and Brightness at the right.

What you do is

Select a color as background for your links. You can choose from the palette or type in a RGB color(format : #RRGGBB, example: #FF0000) directly in to the RGB text box(At the bottom of the seven boxes). Write down this color and use it later as value of the "bgColorLinks" javascript variable. The color schemer will now calculate Hue, Saturation and Brightness for this color and show it in the three top text boxes.
Now, try to adjust the brightness(example: changing 90 to 80). You may try to change saturation instead. This version of the menu give you the choice between changing brightness or saturation on mouse over.
If you're satisfied with this color, write down the difference in brightness between your original color and the new one(example: 90-80 = 10). Assign the variable "degreesToDarkenOrLighten" in the script to this value.

For this specific demo, I have chosen my sites background color(#E2EBED) as value of the variable bgColorLinks link, and 10 for the "degreesToDarkenOrLighten" variable.

You can also modify the small square at the left of each menu item. Size and color is all defined in Javascript variables.

Comments

hello I'm using this great fancy one level menu on my website. Is it possibe to add slide down submenus to it? I so much enjoy the look of this menu that I would like to keep it trasnforming it in a multiple levels menu. What should I add in my script?A little help would be really appreciated! :)

valentina at 11:58AM, 2011/05/18.

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