openonclick once, then all menus open on mouseover?

[jgiven]

I was hoping to attempt to get the milonic menu to work more like the Windows menus (File>Edit>View>etc...) where you click on one once and then all open onMouseOver.

I have tried creating a custom function that is called when clicking an element in the main menu.

This does work...
XPMainStyle.openonclick = "false"; -> (set to true at first in the Milonic with(XPMainStyle=new mm_style()))

However even once switched the menu's still need to be clicked to open...

I am refrencing the variable correctly as I can alert its original state first and then again after I set it to false.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Maybe someone has already found a work around for it.

Thanks again,
J.P.

[Andy]

Hi,

Try adding retainClickValue=true; to your menu_data.js file.

This has changed for the next version of the menu, retainClickValue will bo on by default in the new menu.

Hope this helps
Andy

[kevin3442]

My 2 cents...

To expand on Andy's suggestion... The behavior you want is a built-in capability of the menu. You won't need to add any custom functionality.

Use retainClickValue (a global property) in conjunction with the openonclick property (either as a style property or an item property, depending on your preference).

See this post for more.

Cheers,

Kevin

[jgiven]

You guys rock!

That worked perfectly. I had a feeling there would be a global setting for that ability.

Again Thanks.

J.P.

[eragon]

I've implemented the same value as described here:

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retainClickValue = true;

and put it at the very top of my menu_data.js. However, my menu is still opening on rollover. I even tried using the onclick value found in another thread and it still has no effect.

What am I missing?

My site is here: http://www.familywebwatch.com. I want the "Categories" link to open when a user click's on it and have the submenus open on rollover. If I understand correctly, this behavior should be solved by using the retainClickValue.

[Ruth]

Hi Eragon,

You forgot to tell the 1st level submenu to open on click. The default, if you don't specify openonclick is to open on mouseover.

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aI("text=Categories;showmenu=Categories;align=center;itemwidth=80;status=Categories;openonclick=1;");

Ruth

[eragon]

Awesome Ruth! That did the trick. I didn't understand that both values were required. I just thought one or the other.

Thanks!