padding-left? identation?

[cpriest]

I've looked through the files but couldn't find an answer...

Is there any way I can indent a menu item with some property?

[John]

Depending on how much you want, most folks just use  . Another way is with the rawcss property and a padding-left value.

[kevin3442]

Hi,

Something that used to work, then didn't for several releases, but does again is to use css-like syntax in the menu's padding property, in the menu style or in anu individual menu item definition. Like so:

In a style:

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padding="5px 5px 5px 15px";

In a menu item:

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aI("text=Item Text;url=whatever.htm;padding=5px 5px 5px 15px;");

You can use other units of measure instead of px, or if you want to use px, you could omit it entirely since px is the default.

I do not know if this approach is officially supported, but I just tested it in IE6 and it does work.

FWIW,

Kevin

[Ruth]

The following seems to work in IE5.5 win98se, Netscape 7.1, Firebird [fox].07, Opera 7.11, I do not know if it works on a Mac.

Declare a css class and then call it in the item you want to indent using the offclass and onclass parameters of the menu. For example [ I put it in the head of the document, but I would assume if you have a style sheet you can put it there]

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<style type="text/css">.menuindent {text-indent:15px;}
</style>

Then in the menu, in the item you wish to have indent:

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aI("text=Home;url=http://milonic.com/;status=Back To Home Page;offclass=menuindent;onclass=menuindent;");

I used the 15px so I could actually see if it worked.

Ruth

[kevin3442]

Ah yes... Ruth has a good idea there! Forgot about onclass and offclass. Just to add, you can also set onclass and offclass in a menu style, rather than having to set it in each aI() string. Might save a little typing.

Cheers,

Kevin