Show the menu in another frame..

gasp · Post by **gasp** » Mon Nov 11, 2002 8:49 am

In the "frame-example" you open the "frames_body_array" via the "frames_header_array" with the code: "Languages","show-menu=languages target=main;sourceframe=main",,"#",1.

But how can I open a menu in a different frame with a "link" (like the "Link/Image Based - Static") instead of another menu? tnx

trytrix · Post by **trytrix** » Mon Nov 11, 2002 8:13 pm

Hi,

But how can I open a menu ....
.... instead of another menu ?

A menu is always a menu, isn't it ?

Cheers
Trytrix

gasp · Post by **gasp** » Mon Nov 11, 2002 8:41 pm

a menu in another frame.. two different menus..

trytrix · Post by **trytrix** » Mon Nov 11, 2002 10:59 pm

Hi again,

When frames are used on a site one normally need to use the targetting technics to address submenus into a different frame !
You could use direct menu settings (no xxxx.js includes) in your html page ... For example :

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,"Internet ,"Mozilla","http://www.mozilla.org/ target=main;sourceframe=main",,,1
,"Netscape 6","http://home.netscape.com/download/ target=main;sourceframe=main",,,0
,"Netscape 4.7","http://home.netscape.com/download/ target=main;sourceframe=main",,,0
,"Opera","http://www.opera.com/ target=main;sourceframe=main",,"This is some status text",0

although I can't guarantee it will work error-free !!

Cheers,

Trytrix

kevin3442 · Post by **kevin3442** » Thu Nov 14, 2002 12:55 am

Hi gasp,

I think I get what you're after... The user clicks a static <a> link in one frame, causing a menu to open in a different frame. The static link examples use the popup() function, so I guess you'll need some variation on that. Problem is, it doesn't look like you can specify a target and a sourceframe in the call to popup(), so it looks like popup() has to be called within the same scope as the menu it is intended to open. Fortunately, since you load mmenu.js in any frame that contains a menu, the popup() function is already in the frame where you want the menu to open. You just have to make your link call the function in the correct frame, like so:

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<a href="javascript:parent.TargetFrameName.popup('menuname')">open menuname</a>

where TargetFrameName is the name of the frame where you want the menu to open, and menuname is the name of the menu that you want to open. To ensure that the menu opens where you want it to, make sure you set the Top and Left positions in the menu arrays that define each menu in the target frame (the 2nd and 3rd elements of the menu array).

I did a quick test and this works in IE6.

Hope that helps,

Kevin