No shadow on main menu ?

HeReDaGo · Post by **HeReDaGo** » Sat Nov 30, 2002 9:55 pm

Hi, I am running v. 3.3.19 on my site HERE and there is shadow on the main menu and sub-menus but I'm trying to setup v. 3.5.10 (see HERE)and the is shadow on sub-menus but NOT on the main menu.

NOTE: I already gave a shot at this topic ( http://www.milonic.co.uk/menu/forum/vie ... ght=shadow ) but I still don't understand.

Thx for helping a little newb like me!

HeReDaGo

kevin3442 · Post by **kevin3442** » Tue Dec 03, 2002 6:51 am

Hi,

At the top of your menu_array.js files, you'll see that there is a filter effect defined in a string variable called "effect".

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effect = Fade(duration=0.2).... etc.

You can define as many different effect strings as you want, each in a different string variable. Whenever you want to apply an effect to a menu, use the effect's variable name as the 10th element in the menu array. You'll notice, for example, that on your 3.3.19 site, the 10th element of the "mainmenu" array is effect; hence, you get the effect defined in the string variable named effect. However, on your 3.5.10 page, the "mainmenu" array's 10th element is blank, so no effect.

A couple of other points: (1) Notice that one of your menu_array.js files tests the IE version, because IE5.5 can only handle one effect, but 6 can combine effects. (2) NS doesn't do effects.

Hope that helps,

Kevin

HeReDaGo · Post by **HeReDaGo** » Wed Dec 04, 2002 5:08 am

thx a lot !!!

it took still ~ 1 hour to understand but whitout your help I would still be stuck!!

HeReDaGo

tony · Post by **tony** » Fri Jan 24, 2003 10:55 pm

Sorry, I don't understand how you did it! I had noticed in my new IE6 there was a soft drop shadow on the popout menus, but not the main menu. I had just thought this was a property of IE, and not something you could set. But then I saw the nice soft shadow on Andy's floating menu on the main milonic page, and wondered how to do it.

I have

effect = "Fade(duration=0.3);Shadow(color='#999999', Direction=135, Strength=5)"

but don't get a soft drop shadow on the main menu, only the parts that come out. I'd be very grateful to know how to do it!

thanks

Tony

kevin3442 · Post by **kevin3442** » Sat Jan 25, 2003 2:03 am

Hi Tony,

Assuming that

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effect = "Fade(duration=0.3);Shadow(color='#999999', Direction=135, Strength=5)"

is at the top of your menu array file (often called menu_array.js), then you have an effect defined in a variable called effect. You can apply that effect to any menu, including your main menu, by placing the word

effect

in the 10th element of menu's array.

Hope that helps,

Kevin

tony · Post by **tony** » Sat Jan 25, 2003 2:07 pm

Brilliant. Thanks. It's easy when you know how!

Tony