browser not maximized positioning problem

djooo · Post by **djooo** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 8:34 pm

http://www.rotman-baycrest.on.ca/web_te ... e/home.htm

with the browser not maximized, the menu extends beyond the page

i think i have to place the menu in a cell, but am uncertain how to do that

any help is appreciated

thanks

Hergio · Post by **Hergio** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 2:54 am

Yes place it in a cell and change its positioning to relative to it stays in there. Then if its right justtified in the cell and the cell is set to a percentage (so it moves with the edge of the page) then menu will follow. I'm pretty sure it will work...havent tried it though.

djooo · Post by **djooo** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 2:54 pm

where do i set the positioning to relative? In the mmenu.js file there are about 9 references to position. Which ones do I change?

djooo · Post by **djooo** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 3:29 pm

i placed the menu in a table cell, and tried to change some position:absolute to position:relative but it messes up the apperance of the menu (does line wrapping, top menu items are not aligned etc..)

Please help!!

Hergio · Post by **Hergio** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 7:27 pm

You change the position in the menu_array file to relative, dont touch mmenu! That is a source code for the menu that doesnt require any tweaking. In the menu_array file there should be a place thats commented that tells you about position and gives you the options of aabsolute or relative. It would be declared towards the beginning of your first menu, a couple commas in. And make sure its alwaysvisible attribute is 0. Then inside of the td in your page, put
<SCRIPT>
PlaceMenu('yourmenuname');
</SCRIPT>
in it.

djooo · Post by **djooo** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 8:33 pm

there is no reference to relative/absolute positioning in my menu_array file, this is what I have for the style array and the main menu

timegap=500 // The time delay for menus to remain visible
followspeed=5 // Follow Scrolling speed
followrate=40 // Follow Scrolling Rate
suboffset_top=10; // Sub menu offset Top position
suboffset_left=100; // Sub menu offset Left position

style1=[
"003366", // Mouse Off Font Color
"ffffff", // Mouse Off Background Color
"009933", // Mouse On Font Color
"ffffff", // Mouse On Background Color
"009933", // Menu Border Color
11, // Font Size in pixels
"normal", // Font Style (italic or normal)
"bold", // Font Weight (bold or normal)
"Verdana, Arial", // Font Name
4, // Menu Item Padding
"", // Sub Menu Image
, // 3D Border & Separator bar
"", // 3D High Color
"", // 3D Low Color
"003366", // Current Page Item Font Color
"white", // Current Page Item Background Color
"", // Top Bar image
"", // Menu Header Font Color
"red", // Menu Header Background Color
]

addmenu(menu=[
"mainmenu", // Menu Name -
32, // Menu Top - The Top position of the menu in pixels
459, // Menu Left - The Left position of the menu in pixels
, // Menu Width - Menus width in pixels
0, // Menu Border Width
, // Screen Position -
style1, // Properties Array - this is set higher up, as above
1, // Always Visible
"left", // Alignment -
effect, // Filter -
, // Follow Scrolling -
1, // Horizontal Menu
0, // Keep Alive -
, // Position of TOP sub image left:center:right
, // Set the Overall Width of Horizontal Menu
, // Right To Left - Used in Hebrew for example.
, // Open the Menus OnClick -
, // ID of the div you want to hide on MouseOver (useful for hiding form elements)
, // Reserved for future use
, // Reserved for future use
, // Reserved for future use

Hergio · Post by **Hergio** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 2:22 am

Ok sorry I was at school when I sent that so I could not look at any code. I apologize for the incorrect answer. The Screen position attribute can be used to influence the direction of the menu, either left, middle, right, you get the picture. Now to get a menu to position itself relatively, you remove the top and left values (clear them) and set the alwaysvisible attribute to nothing or 0, and then in the td tags, like I said, you put the placemenu call. Try that.

Also search for 'relative' and 'position' in the version 3 forum and there are alot of posts regarding this. Go back a couple months though.

djooo · Post by **djooo** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 4:59 pm

i tried all your suggestions but what worked was setting the
screen position to right, specifying a top and left offset and not placing the menu within a table cell

thanks for your help!!

Post by **John** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 5:59 pm

Glad you got it working

Now - make the move to v5...

Hergio · Post by **Hergio** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 6:59 pm

Man I am getting alittle rusty with the version 3 stuff. Not too big of a deal though, I mean, I can't exactly whip through Windows 3.1 like I used to either.

Glad you got it working, I will make a note of it.

Post by **John** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 8:38 pm

Hergio wrote:Man I am getting alittle rusty with the version 3 stuff.

Make that more than a 'little' rusty

Hey, you made the big 5-0-0

Nice goin'