Menu Properties Ref Details align 8 align can be declared in either the style, menu or menu item and is used to position the text inside menuitems. Valid CSS values can be used for this entry. alwaysvisible 7 alwaysvisible is used to promote standard sub menus to main menu. The alwaysavailable property will constantly keep a menu open and in position. followscroll 19 setting followscroll to 1 will activate the ability for absolute positioned menus to remain viewable within the browser window should the user scroll down the page. itemheight 18 itemheight is used for forcing the menu to use the specified height for each menu item. This property works in both horizontal and vertical mode. itemwidth 4 itemwidth is an optional property that will fix the width of a menu based on declared pixel values. If this value is ommited, the menu will calculate the best width to use. keepalive 10 keepalive, tells a menu to remain open once it has been activated. The only way to close the menu is to select a menu item, another menu or click elsewhere on the page. left 3 left declares the fixed left position of each menu. Values entered for this property are in pixels. margin 12 margin is the amount of white space surrounding your menu items, the color of this parameter is taken from the offbgcolor menualign 20 menuheight 24 menuwidth 17 name 1 The Name property is a mandatory entry and is used for calling menus with the showmenu command from within a menu item. It is also used for refering to menus at run time. The only other mandatory property is style. All other menu based properties are optional. openstyle 11 openstyle is used to determine how the menu will appear. an openstyle of "rtl" will force the menu to display in a right to left fassion, useful for use on web sites in Hebrew for example.
Openstyle can also be use to force menus to open upwards. the property for this is openstyle="up"orientation 9 Menus can be either horizontal or vertical and the orientation property is used to declare the type of menu you need. The default value for orientation is vertical and orientation is not a mandatory entry. You only need to declare this value if you need a menu in horizontal orientation. outfilter 16 overfilter 15 overfilter is used for declaring Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5+ filters and transitions. Note that this property will be ignored by non supporting web browsers overflow 13 overflow is used to enable Scollable menus. Setting this property to "overflow" will force proprietary operating system scroll bars to appear on the right hand side of your menu position 14 position is used to declare a relative position. By default this property is set to absolute so is only needed for setting the menu relative to other HTML objects or for embedding inside a table cell. screenposition 5 screenposition is useful for websites that are centered in orientation. By declaring "center" for screenposition, this will ensure that the menu will remain centered at all times. Other options for screen position are top, left, right, middle or bottom, plus a combination of 2 valid properties separated by a semi colon. Offsets can be declared for both top and left. The syntax for offsets is "offset=-100"; this will move the menu 100 pixels back from either top or left depending on the screenposition you have used. style 6 style is the name of the pre-defined style that you intend to use for this menu. There are no restrictions to the quantity of styles you can use. top 2 top declares the fixed top position of each menu. Values entered for this property are in pixels.
Item Properties Code
RefDetails align 36 The align property sets the Text Alignment within all menu items.
Values: 'left', 'center' or 'right'
Example: align='center';bgimage 46 Inserts a Background Image for each menu item. This property gives the menu a custom made graphic look.
Example: bgimage='background.gif';clickbgcolor 81 Changes the background color once the item has been clicked. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here. Note that the hash is needed for all hex value definitions.
Example: clickbgcolor='#FFFFFF';clickcolor 80 Changes the text color once the item has been clicked. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here. Note that the hash is needed for all hex value definitions.
Example: clickcolor='#333333';clickfunction 62 Inserts a clickfunction which is used to fire a custom JavaScript function when an item link is clicked. clickimage 82 Inserts an image once the item has been clicked.
Example: clickimage='select.gif';clicksubimage 83 Changes the subimage once the item has been clicked.
Example: clicksubimage='arrow_on.gif';closeonclick 40 Allows the menu to be closed by a click of the mouse on the main menu aswell it automatically closing as the mouse rolls off the selected menu.
Values: 'true', 'false', '0' or '1'
Example: closeonclick=1;
Example: closeonclick=true;decoration 33 Sets the Font Decoration for all menu text. All valid CSS1 & CSS2 text-decoration values can be declared.
Values: 'none', 'underline', 'overline' or 'line-through'.
Example: decoration='underline';fileimage 79 fontfamily 15 Sets the Font Family for all menu text. The Font must be present on the local computer otherwise the default browser font will be used. Font Family values can be separated by a comma with a preference to use the first font found.
Example: fontfamily = 'arial, verdana, tahoma';fontsize 12 Sets the Font Size for all menu text. Font Sizes can be declared as any valid CSS1 or CSS2 font sizes. Default values are in pixel but em, pt etc can be used providing the value is enclosed in quotes.
Example: fontsize=10; Example: fontsize='75%';fontstyle 13 Sets the Font Style for all menu text.
Values: 'normal' or 'italic'.
Example: fontstyle ='italic';fontweight 14 Sets the Font Weight for all menu text.
Values: normal or bold.
Other values can be used but have different outputs depending on browser. These are bolder | lighter | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900
Example: fontweight='bold';headerbgcolor 21 Sets the Header Background Color for all header menu items. This will set the backgound color declared for each menu item that has been declared a header. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here.
Example: headerbgcolor='#666666';headerborder 74 Allows all of the headerborder property settings for the four borders to be fixed in one declaration for each menu item that has been declared a header. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here.
Example: headerborder='1px solid #000000';headercolor 20 Sets the Header Font Color for each menu item that has been declared a header.
Example: headercolor='#999999';high3dcolor 16 Sets the High Border Color on 3D Objects for all menus. This is the color for menus and menuitem that have been specified to be 3 dimensional in style. Rather like the way in which Windows 98 menus appear. The High Color denotes the shadow color as a direct hit from the light source.
Example: high3dcolor='#FFFFFF';image 29 Sets the Menu Item Image for your menu style. All menu items using this style will include the declared image. Image positioning and alignment can be performed by each menu item.
Example: image='item_background.gif';imagealign 31 Sets the Image Alignment for the item image specified above.
Values: 'left', 'center' or 'right' Example: imagealign='left';imageheight 37 Sets the Image Height for the item image specified above.
Example: imageheight=20;imagepadding 60 Sets the amount of Image Padding around the item image specified above.
Example: imagepadding=5;imageposition 30 Will change the position of menu item images. Valid values are top, middle, bottom, left, center or right. imageurl 84 imagewidth 38 Sets the Image Width for the item image specified above.
Example: imagewidtht=20;itemheight 28 Sets a specific Item Height for all menu items using the style.
Example: itemheight=28;itemwidth 55 Sets a specific Item Width for all menu items using the style.
Example: itemwidth=130;keepalive 41 This property allows the menu to remain active when it would normally have disappeared. The active menu will close automatically once a sibling menu is opened.
Values: 'true', 'false', '0' or '1' Example: keepalive=1;low3dcolor 17 Sets the Low Border Color on 3D Objects for all menus. The Low Color denotes the shadow color as a shadow, not a direct hit from the light source.
Example: low3dcolor='#000000';margin 68 Sets the margin, this is the space between onborder and the item border. This parameter has to be declared in each menu.
Example: margin=4;menubgimage 73 The menubgimage property sets the image to be used for the entire menu background.
Example: menubgimage='large_background.gif';offbgcolor 7 Sets the Mouse Off background Color for the global style. All menus that use this style will use the declared background color for each menu item in the mouse of state. This color should be used to declare the actual color of the menu.
Example: offbgcolor='#333333';offborder 9 Sets the Mouse Off Border Style for the global menu style. The offborder property is used to declare the border width, style and color for each menu item in the mouse off state. Valid CSS parameters for setting borders must be used for this property.
Example: offborder='1px solid #aaaaaa';
This will enable a 1 pixel, solid gray border for each menu item in the mouse off state. This parameter can also be declared in each menuitem.offclass 54 Sets the MouseOff Style Sheet Reference for any global menu style. offclass is used to declare a pre-defined Cascading Style Sheet property for each menu item in the mouse off state. Note that this feature will not work in Netscape 4.x due to the static nature of this browser. The properties declared for offclass, will be the default style for the menu. offcolor 8 Sets the Mouse Off Font Color for any global menu style. This property declares the font color for each menu item in the Mouse Off state. Valid HTML colornames or Hex values can be used for this property. When using a Hex value, the value must be prefixed by a hash.
Example: offcolor='#000000';offfunction 43 The off function parameter is used to declare custom javascripts for menu items. This property allows a javascript function to be fired in the Mouse Off state. onbgcolor 5 Sets the Mouse On Background Color for the global menu style. This property declares the background color for each menu item in the Mouse On state. Valid HTML colornames or Hex values can be used for this property. When using a Hex value, the value must be prefixed by a hash.
Example: onbgcolor='#66CC33';onbold 44 Sets the Font Weight on Mouse Over for any global menu style. This property sets the menu text to bold in the Mouse On state.
Example onbold=1;onborder 25 Sets the Mouse On Border Style for any global menu style. The onborder property is used to declare the border width, style and color for each menu item in the mouse on state. Valid CSS parameters for setting borders must be used for this property.
Example: onborder='1px dashed #ffffff';
This will enable a 1 pixel, dashed white border for each menu item in the mouse on state. This parameter can also be declared in each menuitem.onclass 53 Sets the MouseOn Style Sheet Reference for any global menu style. onclass is used to declare a pre-defined Cascading Style Sheet property for each menu item in the mouse on state. Note that this feature will not work in Netscape 4.x due to the static nature of this browser. The properties declared for offclass, will be the default style for the menu. oncolor 6 Sets the Mouse On Font Color for any global menu style. This property declares the font color for each menu item in the Mouse On state. Valid HTML colornames or Hex values can be used for this property. When using a Hex value, the value must be prefixed by a hash.
Example: oncolor='#f01f01';ondecoration 26 Sets the Mouse On Text Decoration for all menu text. All valid CSS1 & CSS2 text-decoration values can be declared.
Values: none, underline, overline or line-through.
Example: ondecoration='underline';onfunction 42 The on function parameter is used to declare custom javascripts for menu items. This property allows a javascript function to be fired in the Mouse On state. onitalic 45 Sets the Mouse On Font Style on Mouse Over for any global menu style. This property sets the menu text to italic in the Mouse On state. onsubimage 48 Changes the Mouse On Sub Menu Image for any global menu style. This property, when declared will change the sub menu indicator image in the Mouse On state.
Example: onsubimage='subon_arrow.gif';openonclick 39 Allows the menu to be opened by a click of the mouse on the main menu rather than it automatically opening as the mouse rolls over it.
Values: 'true', 'false', '0' or '1'
Example: openonclick=true;
Example: openonclick=0;overbgimage 47 The overbgimage parameter allows a second Background Image to appear when in the Mouseover state.
Example: overbgimage='background_on.gif';overimage 32 Sets the Mouseover Item Image for your menu style. All menu items using this style will include the declared image.
Example: overimage='item_background_on.gif';padding 11 Sets the Menu Item Padding for any global menu style. Padding is the amount of white space between the text or other object and the menu item border. Padding values are in pixels.
Example: padding=3;pagebgcolor 19 The pagebgcolor parameter sets the Current Page Menu Item background color for any global menu style. This property, when declared, will change the background color of a menu item if the URL matches the current URL. This is useful for indicating to the user where in the menu they need to go to navigate to this page.
Example: pagebgcolor='#ffff00';pagebgimage 69 The pagebgimage parameter sets the Current Page Menu Item Image for any global menu style. This property, when declared, will change the background image of a menu item if the URL matches the current URL. This is useful for indicating to the user where in the menu they need to go to navigate to this page.
Example: pagebgimage='current_page.gif';pageborder 75 Sets the Current Page Menu Item Border for any global menu style. The pageborder property is used to declare the border width, style and color for each menu item in the current page state. Valid CSS parameters for setting borders must be used for this property.
Example: pageborder='1px dashed #ffffff';pageclass 72 The pageclass parameter is used to specify a classname for the Current Page Menu Item for CSS. pagecolor 18 Sets the Current Page Menu Item Font Color for any global menu style. This property, when declared, will change the font color of a menu item if the URL matches the current URL. This is useful for indicating to the user where in the menu they need to go to navigate to this page.
Example: pagecolor='#000000';pageimage 56 Sets the Current Page Menu Image for any global menu style. Will change the menu image to the declared image if the user has navigated to a page matching the URL in the menu definition.
Example: pageimage='matchimg.gif';pagematch 77 The pagematch property allows you to declare a URL that you can use for 'page' matching.
In other words, the item with a pagematch property will be highlighted if the current loaded page matches the value declared in the pagematch property.
An example of this is:
aI("text=Home;url=/index.php?cat=10;pagematch=/index.php?cat=10;");
aI("text=Home;url=/index.php?cat=10&page=1;pagematch=/index.php?cat=10;");
aI("text=Home;url=/index.php?cat=10&page=2;pagematch=/index.php?cat=10;");
The above items will all highlight because the url properties all match '/index.php?cat=10' - This is very useful for highlighting menu items that have slightly different query strings, that allow for displaying different page content, but are in essence the same page.pointer 59 The pointer parameter changes the mouse pointer to the declared curser image as it navigates the menu.
Values: auto, crosshair, default, pointer, move, text, wait & help.
Example: pointer='move';
Url can also be used to define a custom curser from a specific location.
Example: pointer=url('first.cur'), url('second.cur'), pointer;rawcss 78 The rawcss parameter allows any kind of CSS to be added to the menu. separatoralign 52 The separatoralign parameter sets the Menuitem Separator Bar alignment for any global menu style. This property will alter the menus alignment of separator lines. This feature will only have an effect if the separator width or height has been declared and is smaller than the height or width of the menu it resides.
Values: 'left', 'center' or 'right'
Example: separatoralign='center';separatorcolor 10 Sets the Menuitem Separator Bar Color for any global menu style. This property sets the color of the default menu separator line in both horizontal and vertical menus. This property can also be changed inside each menu item.
Example: separatorcolor='#ffffff'separatorheight 49 The separatorheight property sets the Menuitem Separator Bar height for any global menu style. This property will change the height of the separator line in horizontal menus only. For this property to have any effect the declared height must be less than the height of the horizontal menu.
Example: separatorheight=10;separatorimage 71 Allows a custom separatorimage to be used instead of a standard separator line. This feature will only have an effect if the separator width or height has been declared.
Example: separatorimage='dots.gif';separatorpadding 51 Sets the Menuitem Separator Bar Padding for any global menu style. Separator padding will add white space either side of the menu item separator in both horizontal and vertical menus.
Example: separatorpadding=5;separatorsize 27 Sets the Menuitem Separator Bar Size for any global menu style. Separator size is the thickness of the separator line in pixels, used for both vertical and horizontal menus.
Example: separatorsize=2;separatorwidth 50 Sets the Menuitem Separator Bar Width for any global menu style. This property allows the adjustment of the width of separator lines in vertical menus. The declared width will need to be less than the width of the menu. If not the width of the separator line will render the menu width to suit.
Example: separatorwidth=40;showmenu 3 The showmenu parameter allows you to define the menu you wish the menu item to open.
aI('text=Links;showmenu=Links;');status 4 The status property is used to add text to the status bar on mouseover.
Example: aI('text=Home;url=http://www.milonic.com/;status=Back To Home Page;');subimage 24 Sets the Sub Menu Indicator Image for any global menu style. This property declares the sub menu indicator image for each menu item that contains a showmenu command.
Example: subimage='sub_arrow.gif';subimagepadding 22 Sets the Sub Menu Indicator Padding for any global menu style. This property will add white space to sub menu indicator images. The value for this property is in pixels.
Example: subimagepadding=3;subimageposition 23 Sets the Sub Menu Image Position for any global menu style. This property will move the submenu indicator image based on CSS positioning values.
Values: top, left, right, center, middle or bottom. Or a sensible combination of 2 values separated by a semi colon. Note that tall text values must be declared inside quotes. Example: subimageposition='left';swap3d 70 The 3d effect declared in high3dcolor and low3dcolor creates a raised effect for the menu and a sunken effect for the menu separators. The swap3d parameter allows the raised and sunken effects to be swapped creating a raised separator bar and a deep-set menu.
Example:swap3d='true';target 35 The target property allows you to declare a menu item link destination Values: new, blank Example: target='blank'; targetfeatures 57 text 1 The text property inserts the menu item text. This parameter has to be declared in each menu item that requires visible text.
Example: aI('text=Home;');title 76 The title parameter inserts alt text to menu items.
Example: title='Click here';type 34 The type property sets the type of menu to be displayed. Changing the type will allow the menu to transform dramatically.
Values: form, dragable, header or tree.
Example: type='dragable';url 2 Sets the address a menu item links to.
Example:aI('text=Contact Us;url=http://www.milonic.com/contactus.php;');valign 61 The valign parameter adjusts the vertical alignment of the text within the all menus.
Values: top, middle or bottom.
Example: valign='top';visitedcolor 58 Sets the text color for items previously visited. The visitedcolor property uses all valid HTML colornames or hex values. Note that the hash is needed for all hex value definitions.
Example: visitedcolor='#B141AA';
Style Properties align The align property sets the Text Alignment within all menu items.
Values: 'left', 'center' or 'right'
Example: align='center';bgimage Inserts a Background Image for each menu item. This property gives the menu a custom made graphic look.
Example: bgimage='background.gif';bordercolor Sets the Border Color of all menus. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here. Note that the hash is needed for all hex value definitions.
Example: bordercolor='#000000';borderstyle Sets the Border Style for all menus. All valid CSS 1 and CSS 2 values can be declared for stylename.borderstyle. Values: 'solid', 'dashed', 'dotted', 'double', 'groove', 'ridge', 'inset' & 'ouset'.
Example: borderstyle='dashed';borderwidth Sets the Border Width for all menus. Values must be declared as pixels. This is because the menu needs to know the width for positioning calculations.
Example: borderwidth=1clickbgcolor Changes the background color once the item has been clicked. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here. Note that the hash is needed for all hex value definitions.
Example: clickbgcolor='#FFFFFF';clickcolor Changes the text color once the item has been clicked. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here. Note that the hash is needed for all hex value definitions.
Example: clickcolor='#333333';clickfunction Inserts a clickfunction which is used to fire a custom JavaScript function when an item link is clicked. clickimage Inserts an image once the item has been clicked.
Example: clickimage='select.gif';clicksubimage Changes the subimage once the item has been clicked.
Example: clicksubimage='arrow_on.gif';closeonclick Allows the menu to be closed by a click of the mouse on the main menu aswell it automatically closing as the mouse rolls off the selected menu.
Values: 'true', 'false', '0' or '1'
Example: closeonclick=1;
Example: closeonclick=true;decoration Sets the Font Decoration for all menu text. All valid CSS1 & CSS2 text-decoration values can be declared.
Values: 'none', 'underline', 'overline' or 'line-through'.
Example: decoration='underline';fileimage fontfamily Sets the Font Family for all menu text. The Font must be present on the local computer otherwise the default browser font will be used. Font Family values can be separated by a comma with a preference to use the first font found.
Example: fontfamily = 'arial, verdana, tahoma';fontsize Sets the Font Size for all menu text. Font Sizes can be declared as any valid CSS1 or CSS2 font sizes. Default values are in pixel but em, pt etc can be used providing the value is enclosed in quotes.
Example: fontsize=10; Example: fontsize='75%';fontstyle Sets the Font Style for all menu text.
Values: 'normal' or 'italic'.
Example: fontstyle ='italic';fontweight Sets the Font Weight for all menu text.
Values: normal or bold.
Other values can be used but have different outputs depending on browser. These are bolder | lighter | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900
Example: fontweight='bold';headerbgcolor Sets the Header Background Color for all header menu items. This will set the backgound color declared for each menu item that has been declared a header. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here.
Example: headerbgcolor='#666666';headerborder Allows all of the headerborder property settings for the four borders to be fixed in one declaration for each menu item that has been declared a header. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here.
Example: headerborder='1px solid #000000';headercolor Sets the Header Font Color for each menu item that has been declared a header.
Example: headercolor='#999999';high3dcolor Sets the High Border Color on 3D Objects for all menus. This is the color for menus and menuitem that have been specified to be 3 dimensional in style. Rather like the way in which Windows 98 menus appear. The High Color denotes the shadow color as a direct hit from the light source.
Example: high3dcolor='#FFFFFF';image Sets the Menu Item Image for your menu style. All menu items using this style will include the declared image. Image positioning and alignment can be performed by each menu item.
Example: image='item_background.gif';imagealign Sets the Image Alignment for the item image specified above.
Values: 'left', 'center' or 'right' Example: imagealign='left';imageheight Sets the Image Height for the item image specified above.
Example: imageheight=20;imagepadding Sets the amount of Image Padding around the item image specified above.
Example: imagepadding=5;imageposition Will change the position of menu item images. Valid values are top, middle, bottom, left, center or right. imageurl imagewidth Sets the Image Width for the item image specified above.
Example: imagewidtht=20;itemheight Sets a specific Item Height for all menu items using the style.
Example: itemheight=28;itemwidth Sets a specific Item Width for all menu items using the style.
Example: itemwidth=130;keepalive This property allows the menu to remain active when it would normally have disappeared. The active menu will close automatically once a sibling menu is opened.
Values: 'true', 'false', '0' or '1' Example: keepalive=1;low3dcolor Sets the Low Border Color on 3D Objects for all menus. The Low Color denotes the shadow color as a shadow, not a direct hit from the light source.
Example: low3dcolor='#000000';margin Sets the margin, this is the space between onborder and the item border. This parameter has to be declared in each menu.
Example: margin=4;menubgimage The menubgimage property sets the image to be used for the entire menu background.
Example: menubgimage='large_background.gif';offbgcolor Sets the Mouse Off background Color for the global style. All menus that use this style will use the declared background color for each menu item in the mouse of state. This color should be used to declare the actual color of the menu.
Example: offbgcolor='#333333';offborder Sets the Mouse Off Border Style for the global menu style. The offborder property is used to declare the border width, style and color for each menu item in the mouse off state. Valid CSS parameters for setting borders must be used for this property.
Example: offborder='1px solid #aaaaaa';
This will enable a 1 pixel, solid gray border for each menu item in the mouse off state. This parameter can also be declared in each menuitem.offclass Sets the MouseOff Style Sheet Reference for any global menu style. offclass is used to declare a pre-defined Cascading Style Sheet property for each menu item in the mouse off state. Note that this feature will not work in Netscape 4.x due to the static nature of this browser. The properties declared for offclass, will be the default style for the menu. offcolor Sets the Mouse Off Font Color for any global menu style. This property declares the font color for each menu item in the Mouse Off state. Valid HTML colornames or Hex values can be used for this property. When using a Hex value, the value must be prefixed by a hash.
Example: offcolor='#000000';offfunction The off function parameter is used to declare custom javascripts for menu items. This property allows a javascript function to be fired in the Mouse Off state. onbgcolor Sets the Mouse On Background Color for the global menu style. This property declares the background color for each menu item in the Mouse On state. Valid HTML colornames or Hex values can be used for this property. When using a Hex value, the value must be prefixed by a hash.
Example: onbgcolor='#66CC33';onbold Sets the Font Weight on Mouse Over for any global menu style. This property sets the menu text to bold in the Mouse On state.
Example onbold=1;onborder Sets the Mouse On Border Style for any global menu style. The onborder property is used to declare the border width, style and color for each menu item in the mouse on state. Valid CSS parameters for setting borders must be used for this property.
Example: onborder='1px dashed #ffffff';
This will enable a 1 pixel, dashed white border for each menu item in the mouse on state. This parameter can also be declared in each menuitem.onclass Sets the MouseOn Style Sheet Reference for any global menu style. onclass is used to declare a pre-defined Cascading Style Sheet property for each menu item in the mouse on state. Note that this feature will not work in Netscape 4.x due to the static nature of this browser. The properties declared for offclass, will be the default style for the menu. oncolor Sets the Mouse On Font Color for any global menu style. This property declares the font color for each menu item in the Mouse On state. Valid HTML colornames or Hex values can be used for this property. When using a Hex value, the value must be prefixed by a hash.
Example: oncolor='#f01f01';ondecoration Sets the Mouse On Text Decoration for all menu text. All valid CSS1 & CSS2 text-decoration values can be declared.
Values: none, underline, overline or line-through.
Example: ondecoration='underline';onfunction The on function parameter is used to declare custom javascripts for menu items. This property allows a javascript function to be fired in the Mouse On state. onitalic Sets the Mouse On Font Style on Mouse Over for any global menu style. This property sets the menu text to italic in the Mouse On state. onsubimage Changes the Mouse On Sub Menu Image for any global menu style. This property, when declared will change the sub menu indicator image in the Mouse On state.
Example: onsubimage='subon_arrow.gif';openonclick Allows the menu to be opened by a click of the mouse on the main menu rather than it automatically opening as the mouse rolls over it.
Values: 'true', 'false', '0' or '1'
Example: openonclick=true;
Example: openonclick=0;outfilter The outfilter property sets the style in which the menu closes. All filters and transitions above are also valid here.
Example: outfilter='randomdissolve(duration=0.4)'overbgimage The overbgimage parameter allows a second Background Image to appear when in the Mouseover state.
Example: overbgimage='background_on.gif';overfilter Sets the opening style of the menus. Filters and transitions make a significant difference in the appearance of how a menu materializes. Transition values: Barn, Blinds, Checkerboard, Fade, GradientWipe, Inset, Iris, Pixelate, RadialWipe, RandomBars, RandomDissolve, Slide, Spiral, Stretch, Strips, Wheel or ZigZag.
Filter values: Alpha, Blur, Motion Blur, Drop Shadow, Shadow, Glow, Wave, Emboss or Engrave.
Example: overfilter='Fade(duration=0.2);Shadow(color='#777777',Direction=135,Strength=3)';overimage Sets the Mouseover Item Image for your menu style. All menu items using this style will include the declared image.
Example: overimage='item_background_on.gif';padding Sets the Menu Item Padding for any global menu style. Padding is the amount of white space between the text or other object and the menu item border. Padding values are in pixels.
Example: padding=3;pagebgcolor The pagebgcolor parameter sets the Current Page Menu Item background color for any global menu style. This property, when declared, will change the background color of a menu item if the URL matches the current URL. This is useful for indicating to the user where in the menu they need to go to navigate to this page.
Example: pagebgcolor='#ffff00';pagebgimage The pagebgimage parameter sets the Current Page Menu Item Image for any global menu style. This property, when declared, will change the background image of a menu item if the URL matches the current URL. This is useful for indicating to the user where in the menu they need to go to navigate to this page.
Example: pagebgimage='current_page.gif';pageborder Sets the Current Page Menu Item Border for any global menu style. The pageborder property is used to declare the border width, style and color for each menu item in the current page state. Valid CSS parameters for setting borders must be used for this property.
Example: pageborder='1px dashed #ffffff';pageclass The pageclass parameter is used to specify a classname for the Current Page Menu Item for CSS. pagecolor Sets the Current Page Menu Item Font Color for any global menu style. This property, when declared, will change the font color of a menu item if the URL matches the current URL. This is useful for indicating to the user where in the menu they need to go to navigate to this page.
Example: pagecolor='#000000';pageimage Sets the Current Page Menu Image for any global menu style. Will change the menu image to the declared image if the user has navigated to a page matching the URL in the menu definition.
Example: pageimage='matchimg.gif';pagematch The pagematch property is used to highlight the menu item if the URL matches the current URL. pointer The pointer parameter changes the mouse pointer to the declared curser image as it navigates the menu.
Values: auto, crosshair, default, pointer, move, text, wait & help.
Example: pointer='move';
Url can also be used to define a custom curser from a specific location.
Example: pointer=url('first.cur'), url('second.cur'), pointer;rawcss The rawcss parameter allows any kind of CSS to be added to the menu. separatoralign The separatoralign parameter sets the Menuitem Separator Bar alignment for any global menu style. This property will alter the menus alignment of separator lines. This feature will only have an effect if the separator width or height has been declared and is smaller than the height or width of the menu it resides.
Values: 'left', 'center' or 'right'
Example: separatoralign='center';separatorcolor Sets the Menuitem Separator Bar Color for any global menu style. This property sets the color of the default menu separator line in both horizontal and vertical menus. This property can also be changed inside each menu item.
Example: separatorcolor='#ffffff'separatorheight The separatorheight property sets the Menuitem Separator Bar height for any global menu style. This property will change the height of the separator line in horizontal menus only. For this property to have any effect the declared height must be less than the height of the horizontal menu.
Example: separatorheight=10;separatorimage Allows a custom separatorimage to be used instead of a standard separator line. This feature will only have an effect if the separator width or height has been declared.
Example: separatorimage='dots.gif';separatorpadding Sets the Menuitem Separator Bar Padding for any global menu style. Separator padding will add white space either side of the menu item separator in both horizontal and vertical menus.
Example: separatorpadding=5;separatorsize Sets the Menuitem Separator Bar Size for any global menu style. Separator size is the thickness of the separator line in pixels, used for both vertical and horizontal menus.
Example: separatorsize=2;separatorwidth Sets the Menuitem Separator Bar Width for any global menu style. This property allows the adjustment of the width of separator lines in vertical menus. The declared width will need to be less than the width of the menu. If not the width of the separator line will render the menu width to suit.
Example: separatorwidth=40;showmenu The showmenu parameter allows you to define the menu you wish the menu item to open.
aI('text=Links;showmenu=Links;');status The status property is used to add text to the status bar on mouseover.
Example: aI('text=Home;url=http://www.milonic.com/;status=Back To Home Page;');subimage Sets the Sub Menu Indicator Image for any global menu style. This property declares the sub menu indicator image for each menu item that contains a showmenu command.
Example: subimage='sub_arrow.gif';subimagepadding Sets the Sub Menu Indicator Padding for any global menu style. This property will add white space to sub menu indicator images. The value for this property is in pixels.
Example: subimagepadding=3;subimageposition Sets the Sub Menu Image Position for any global menu style. This property will move the submenu indicator image based on CSS positioning values.
Values: top, left, right, center, middle or bottom. Or a sensible combination of 2 values separated by a semi colon. Note that tall text values must be declared inside quotes. Example: subimageposition='left';swap3d The 3d effect declared in high3dcolor and low3dcolor creates a raised effect for the menu and a sunken effect for the menu separators. The swap3d parameter allows the raised and sunken effects to be swapped creating a raised separator bar and a deep-set menu.
Example:swap3d='true';target The target property allows you to declare a menu item link destination Values: new, blank Example: target='blank'; targetfeatures text The text property inserts the menu item text. This parameter has to be declared in each menu item that requires visible text.
Example: aI('text=Home;');title The title parameter inserts alt text to menu items.
Example: title='Click here';type The type property sets the type of menu to be displayed. Changing the type will allow the menu to transform dramatically.
Values: form, dragable, header or tree.
Example: type='dragable';url Sets the address a menu item links to.
Example:aI('text=Contact Us;url=http://www.milonic.com/contactus.php;');valign The valign parameter adjusts the vertical alignment of the text within the all menus.
Values: top, middle or bottom.
Example: valign='top';visitedcolor Sets the text color for items previously visited. The visitedcolor property uses all valid HTML colornames or hex values. Note that the hash is needed for all hex value definitions.
Example: visitedcolor='#B141AA';
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Menu Properties Ref Details align 8 align can be declared in either the style, menu or menu item and is used to position the text inside menuitems. Valid CSS values can be used for this entry. alwaysvisible 7 alwaysvisible is used to promote standard sub menus to main menu. The alwaysavailable property will constantly keep a menu open and in position. followscroll 19 setting followscroll to 1 will activate the ability for absolute positioned menus to remain viewable within the browser window should the user scroll down the page. itemheight 18 itemheight is used for forcing the menu to use the specified height for each menu item. This property works in both horizontal and vertical mode. itemwidth 4 itemwidth is an optional property that will fix the width of a menu based on declared pixel values. If this value is ommited, the menu will calculate the best width to use. keepalive 10 keepalive, tells a menu to remain open once it has been activated. The only way to close the menu is to select a menu item, another menu or click elsewhere on the page. left 3 left declares the fixed left position of each menu. Values entered for this property are in pixels. margin 12 margin is the amount of white space surrounding your menu items, the color of this parameter is taken from the offbgcolor menualign 20 menuheight 24 menuwidth 17 name 1 The Name property is a mandatory entry and is used for calling menus with the showmenu command from within a menu item. It is also used for refering to menus at run time. The only other mandatory property is style. All other menu based properties are optional. openstyle 11 openstyle is used to determine how the menu will appear. an openstyle of "rtl" will force the menu to display in a right to left fassion, useful for use on web sites in Hebrew for example.
Openstyle can also be use to force menus to open upwards. the property for this is openstyle="up"orientation 9 Menus can be either horizontal or vertical and the orientation property is used to declare the type of menu you need. The default value for orientation is vertical and orientation is not a mandatory entry. You only need to declare this value if you need a menu in horizontal orientation. outfilter 16 overfilter 15 overfilter is used for declaring Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5+ filters and transitions. Note that this property will be ignored by non supporting web browsers overflow 13 overflow is used to enable Scollable menus. Setting this property to "overflow" will force proprietary operating system scroll bars to appear on the right hand side of your menu position 14 position is used to declare a relative position. By default this property is set to absolute so is only needed for setting the menu relative to other HTML objects or for embedding inside a table cell. screenposition 5 screenposition is useful for websites that are centered in orientation. By declaring "center" for screenposition, this will ensure that the menu will remain centered at all times. Other options for screen position are top, left, right, middle or bottom, plus a combination of 2 valid properties separated by a semi colon. Offsets can be declared for both top and left. The syntax for offsets is "offset=-100"; this will move the menu 100 pixels back from either top or left depending on the screenposition you have used. style 6 style is the name of the pre-defined style that you intend to use for this menu. There are no restrictions to the quantity of styles you can use. top 2 top declares the fixed top position of each menu. Values entered for this property are in pixels.
Item Properties Code
RefDetails align 36 The align property sets the Text Alignment within all menu items.
Values: 'left', 'center' or 'right'
Example: align='center';bgimage 46 Inserts a Background Image for each menu item. This property gives the menu a custom made graphic look.
Example: bgimage='background.gif';clickbgcolor 81 Changes the background color once the item has been clicked. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here. Note that the hash is needed for all hex value definitions.
Example: clickbgcolor='#FFFFFF';clickcolor 80 Changes the text color once the item has been clicked. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here. Note that the hash is needed for all hex value definitions.
Example: clickcolor='#333333';clickfunction 62 Inserts a clickfunction which is used to fire a custom JavaScript function when an item link is clicked. clickimage 82 Inserts an image once the item has been clicked.
Example: clickimage='select.gif';clicksubimage 83 Changes the subimage once the item has been clicked.
Example: clicksubimage='arrow_on.gif';closeonclick 40 Allows the menu to be closed by a click of the mouse on the main menu aswell it automatically closing as the mouse rolls off the selected menu.
Values: 'true', 'false', '0' or '1'
Example: closeonclick=1;
Example: closeonclick=true;decoration 33 Sets the Font Decoration for all menu text. All valid CSS1 & CSS2 text-decoration values can be declared.
Values: 'none', 'underline', 'overline' or 'line-through'.
Example: decoration='underline';fileimage 79 fontfamily 15 Sets the Font Family for all menu text. The Font must be present on the local computer otherwise the default browser font will be used. Font Family values can be separated by a comma with a preference to use the first font found.
Example: fontfamily = 'arial, verdana, tahoma';fontsize 12 Sets the Font Size for all menu text. Font Sizes can be declared as any valid CSS1 or CSS2 font sizes. Default values are in pixel but em, pt etc can be used providing the value is enclosed in quotes.
Example: fontsize=10; Example: fontsize='75%';fontstyle 13 Sets the Font Style for all menu text.
Values: 'normal' or 'italic'.
Example: fontstyle ='italic';fontweight 14 Sets the Font Weight for all menu text.
Values: normal or bold.
Other values can be used but have different outputs depending on browser. These are bolder | lighter | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900
Example: fontweight='bold';headerbgcolor 21 Sets the Header Background Color for all header menu items. This will set the backgound color declared for each menu item that has been declared a header. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here.
Example: headerbgcolor='#666666';headerborder 74 Allows all of the headerborder property settings for the four borders to be fixed in one declaration for each menu item that has been declared a header. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here.
Example: headerborder='1px solid #000000';headercolor 20 Sets the Header Font Color for each menu item that has been declared a header.
Example: headercolor='#999999';high3dcolor 16 Sets the High Border Color on 3D Objects for all menus. This is the color for menus and menuitem that have been specified to be 3 dimensional in style. Rather like the way in which Windows 98 menus appear. The High Color denotes the shadow color as a direct hit from the light source.
Example: high3dcolor='#FFFFFF';image 29 Sets the Menu Item Image for your menu style. All menu items using this style will include the declared image. Image positioning and alignment can be performed by each menu item.
Example: image='item_background.gif';imagealign 31 Sets the Image Alignment for the item image specified above.
Values: 'left', 'center' or 'right' Example: imagealign='left';imageheight 37 Sets the Image Height for the item image specified above.
Example: imageheight=20;imagepadding 60 Sets the amount of Image Padding around the item image specified above.
Example: imagepadding=5;imageposition 30 Will change the position of menu item images. Valid values are top, middle, bottom, left, center or right. imageurl 84 imagewidth 38 Sets the Image Width for the item image specified above.
Example: imagewidtht=20;itemheight 28 Sets a specific Item Height for all menu items using the style.
Example: itemheight=28;itemwidth 55 Sets a specific Item Width for all menu items using the style.
Example: itemwidth=130;keepalive 41 This property allows the menu to remain active when it would normally have disappeared. The active menu will close automatically once a sibling menu is opened.
Values: 'true', 'false', '0' or '1' Example: keepalive=1;low3dcolor 17 Sets the Low Border Color on 3D Objects for all menus. The Low Color denotes the shadow color as a shadow, not a direct hit from the light source.
Example: low3dcolor='#000000';margin 68 Sets the margin, this is the space between onborder and the item border. This parameter has to be declared in each menu.
Example: margin=4;menubgimage 73 The menubgimage property sets the image to be used for the entire menu background.
Example: menubgimage='large_background.gif';offbgcolor 7 Sets the Mouse Off background Color for the global style. All menus that use this style will use the declared background color for each menu item in the mouse of state. This color should be used to declare the actual color of the menu.
Example: offbgcolor='#333333';offborder 9 Sets the Mouse Off Border Style for the global menu style. The offborder property is used to declare the border width, style and color for each menu item in the mouse off state. Valid CSS parameters for setting borders must be used for this property.
Example: offborder='1px solid #aaaaaa';
This will enable a 1 pixel, solid gray border for each menu item in the mouse off state. This parameter can also be declared in each menuitem.offclass 54 Sets the MouseOff Style Sheet Reference for any global menu style. offclass is used to declare a pre-defined Cascading Style Sheet property for each menu item in the mouse off state. Note that this feature will not work in Netscape 4.x due to the static nature of this browser. The properties declared for offclass, will be the default style for the menu. offcolor 8 Sets the Mouse Off Font Color for any global menu style. This property declares the font color for each menu item in the Mouse Off state. Valid HTML colornames or Hex values can be used for this property. When using a Hex value, the value must be prefixed by a hash.
Example: offcolor='#000000';offfunction 43 The off function parameter is used to declare custom javascripts for menu items. This property allows a javascript function to be fired in the Mouse Off state. onbgcolor 5 Sets the Mouse On Background Color for the global menu style. This property declares the background color for each menu item in the Mouse On state. Valid HTML colornames or Hex values can be used for this property. When using a Hex value, the value must be prefixed by a hash.
Example: onbgcolor='#66CC33';onbold 44 Sets the Font Weight on Mouse Over for any global menu style. This property sets the menu text to bold in the Mouse On state.
Example onbold=1;onborder 25 Sets the Mouse On Border Style for any global menu style. The onborder property is used to declare the border width, style and color for each menu item in the mouse on state. Valid CSS parameters for setting borders must be used for this property.
Example: onborder='1px dashed #ffffff';
This will enable a 1 pixel, dashed white border for each menu item in the mouse on state. This parameter can also be declared in each menuitem.onclass 53 Sets the MouseOn Style Sheet Reference for any global menu style. onclass is used to declare a pre-defined Cascading Style Sheet property for each menu item in the mouse on state. Note that this feature will not work in Netscape 4.x due to the static nature of this browser. The properties declared for offclass, will be the default style for the menu. oncolor 6 Sets the Mouse On Font Color for any global menu style. This property declares the font color for each menu item in the Mouse On state. Valid HTML colornames or Hex values can be used for this property. When using a Hex value, the value must be prefixed by a hash.
Example: oncolor='#f01f01';ondecoration 26 Sets the Mouse On Text Decoration for all menu text. All valid CSS1 & CSS2 text-decoration values can be declared.
Values: none, underline, overline or line-through.
Example: ondecoration='underline';onfunction 42 The on function parameter is used to declare custom javascripts for menu items. This property allows a javascript function to be fired in the Mouse On state. onitalic 45 Sets the Mouse On Font Style on Mouse Over for any global menu style. This property sets the menu text to italic in the Mouse On state. onsubimage 48 Changes the Mouse On Sub Menu Image for any global menu style. This property, when declared will change the sub menu indicator image in the Mouse On state.
Example: onsubimage='subon_arrow.gif';openonclick 39 Allows the menu to be opened by a click of the mouse on the main menu rather than it automatically opening as the mouse rolls over it.
Values: 'true', 'false', '0' or '1'
Example: openonclick=true;
Example: openonclick=0;overbgimage 47 The overbgimage parameter allows a second Background Image to appear when in the Mouseover state.
Example: overbgimage='background_on.gif';overimage 32 Sets the Mouseover Item Image for your menu style. All menu items using this style will include the declared image.
Example: overimage='item_background_on.gif';padding 11 Sets the Menu Item Padding for any global menu style. Padding is the amount of white space between the text or other object and the menu item border. Padding values are in pixels.
Example: padding=3;pagebgcolor 19 The pagebgcolor parameter sets the Current Page Menu Item background color for any global menu style. This property, when declared, will change the background color of a menu item if the URL matches the current URL. This is useful for indicating to the user where in the menu they need to go to navigate to this page.
Example: pagebgcolor='#ffff00';pagebgimage 69 The pagebgimage parameter sets the Current Page Menu Item Image for any global menu style. This property, when declared, will change the background image of a menu item if the URL matches the current URL. This is useful for indicating to the user where in the menu they need to go to navigate to this page.
Example: pagebgimage='current_page.gif';pageborder 75 Sets the Current Page Menu Item Border for any global menu style. The pageborder property is used to declare the border width, style and color for each menu item in the current page state. Valid CSS parameters for setting borders must be used for this property.
Example: pageborder='1px dashed #ffffff';pageclass 72 The pageclass parameter is used to specify a classname for the Current Page Menu Item for CSS. pagecolor 18 Sets the Current Page Menu Item Font Color for any global menu style. This property, when declared, will change the font color of a menu item if the URL matches the current URL. This is useful for indicating to the user where in the menu they need to go to navigate to this page.
Example: pagecolor='#000000';pageimage 56 Sets the Current Page Menu Image for any global menu style. Will change the menu image to the declared image if the user has navigated to a page matching the URL in the menu definition.
Example: pageimage='matchimg.gif';pagematch 77 The pagematch property allows you to declare a URL that you can use for 'page' matching.
In other words, the item with a pagematch property will be highlighted if the current loaded page matches the value declared in the pagematch property.
An example of this is:
aI("text=Home;url=/index.php?cat=10;pagematch=/index.php?cat=10;");
aI("text=Home;url=/index.php?cat=10&page=1;pagematch=/index.php?cat=10;");
aI("text=Home;url=/index.php?cat=10&page=2;pagematch=/index.php?cat=10;");
The above items will all highlight because the url properties all match '/index.php?cat=10' - This is very useful for highlighting menu items that have slightly different query strings, that allow for displaying different page content, but are in essence the same page.pointer 59 The pointer parameter changes the mouse pointer to the declared curser image as it navigates the menu.
Values: auto, crosshair, default, pointer, move, text, wait & help.
Example: pointer='move';
Url can also be used to define a custom curser from a specific location.
Example: pointer=url('first.cur'), url('second.cur'), pointer;rawcss 78 The rawcss parameter allows any kind of CSS to be added to the menu. separatoralign 52 The separatoralign parameter sets the Menuitem Separator Bar alignment for any global menu style. This property will alter the menus alignment of separator lines. This feature will only have an effect if the separator width or height has been declared and is smaller than the height or width of the menu it resides.
Values: 'left', 'center' or 'right'
Example: separatoralign='center';separatorcolor 10 Sets the Menuitem Separator Bar Color for any global menu style. This property sets the color of the default menu separator line in both horizontal and vertical menus. This property can also be changed inside each menu item.
Example: separatorcolor='#ffffff'separatorheight 49 The separatorheight property sets the Menuitem Separator Bar height for any global menu style. This property will change the height of the separator line in horizontal menus only. For this property to have any effect the declared height must be less than the height of the horizontal menu.
Example: separatorheight=10;separatorimage 71 Allows a custom separatorimage to be used instead of a standard separator line. This feature will only have an effect if the separator width or height has been declared.
Example: separatorimage='dots.gif';separatorpadding 51 Sets the Menuitem Separator Bar Padding for any global menu style. Separator padding will add white space either side of the menu item separator in both horizontal and vertical menus.
Example: separatorpadding=5;separatorsize 27 Sets the Menuitem Separator Bar Size for any global menu style. Separator size is the thickness of the separator line in pixels, used for both vertical and horizontal menus.
Example: separatorsize=2;separatorwidth 50 Sets the Menuitem Separator Bar Width for any global menu style. This property allows the adjustment of the width of separator lines in vertical menus. The declared width will need to be less than the width of the menu. If not the width of the separator line will render the menu width to suit.
Example: separatorwidth=40;showmenu 3 The showmenu parameter allows you to define the menu you wish the menu item to open.
aI('text=Links;showmenu=Links;');status 4 The status property is used to add text to the status bar on mouseover.
Example: aI('text=Home;url=http://www.milonic.com/;status=Back To Home Page;');subimage 24 Sets the Sub Menu Indicator Image for any global menu style. This property declares the sub menu indicator image for each menu item that contains a showmenu command.
Example: subimage='sub_arrow.gif';subimagepadding 22 Sets the Sub Menu Indicator Padding for any global menu style. This property will add white space to sub menu indicator images. The value for this property is in pixels.
Example: subimagepadding=3;subimageposition 23 Sets the Sub Menu Image Position for any global menu style. This property will move the submenu indicator image based on CSS positioning values.
Values: top, left, right, center, middle or bottom. Or a sensible combination of 2 values separated by a semi colon. Note that tall text values must be declared inside quotes. Example: subimageposition='left';swap3d 70 The 3d effect declared in high3dcolor and low3dcolor creates a raised effect for the menu and a sunken effect for the menu separators. The swap3d parameter allows the raised and sunken effects to be swapped creating a raised separator bar and a deep-set menu.
Example:swap3d='true';target 35 The target property allows you to declare a menu item link destination Values: new, blank Example: target='blank'; targetfeatures 57 text 1 The text property inserts the menu item text. This parameter has to be declared in each menu item that requires visible text.
Example: aI('text=Home;');title 76 The title parameter inserts alt text to menu items.
Example: title='Click here';type 34 The type property sets the type of menu to be displayed. Changing the type will allow the menu to transform dramatically.
Values: form, dragable, header or tree.
Example: type='dragable';url 2 Sets the address a menu item links to.
Example:aI('text=Contact Us;url=http://www.milonic.com/contactus.php;');valign 61 The valign parameter adjusts the vertical alignment of the text within the all menus.
Values: top, middle or bottom.
Example: valign='top';visitedcolor 58 Sets the text color for items previously visited. The visitedcolor property uses all valid HTML colornames or hex values. Note that the hash is needed for all hex value definitions.
Example: visitedcolor='#B141AA';
Style Properties align The align property sets the Text Alignment within all menu items.
Values: 'left', 'center' or 'right'
Example: align='center';bgimage Inserts a Background Image for each menu item. This property gives the menu a custom made graphic look.
Example: bgimage='background.gif';bordercolor Sets the Border Color of all menus. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here. Note that the hash is needed for all hex value definitions.
Example: bordercolor='#000000';borderstyle Sets the Border Style for all menus. All valid CSS 1 and CSS 2 values can be declared for stylename.borderstyle. Values: 'solid', 'dashed', 'dotted', 'double', 'groove', 'ridge', 'inset' & 'ouset'.
Example: borderstyle='dashed';borderwidth Sets the Border Width for all menus. Values must be declared as pixels. This is because the menu needs to know the width for positioning calculations.
Example: borderwidth=1clickbgcolor Changes the background color once the item has been clicked. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here. Note that the hash is needed for all hex value definitions.
Example: clickbgcolor='#FFFFFF';clickcolor Changes the text color once the item has been clicked. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here. Note that the hash is needed for all hex value definitions.
Example: clickcolor='#333333';clickfunction Inserts a clickfunction which is used to fire a custom JavaScript function when an item link is clicked. clickimage Inserts an image once the item has been clicked.
Example: clickimage='select.gif';clicksubimage Changes the subimage once the item has been clicked.
Example: clicksubimage='arrow_on.gif';closeonclick Allows the menu to be closed by a click of the mouse on the main menu aswell it automatically closing as the mouse rolls off the selected menu.
Values: 'true', 'false', '0' or '1'
Example: closeonclick=1;
Example: closeonclick=true;decoration Sets the Font Decoration for all menu text. All valid CSS1 & CSS2 text-decoration values can be declared.
Values: 'none', 'underline', 'overline' or 'line-through'.
Example: decoration='underline';fileimage fontfamily Sets the Font Family for all menu text. The Font must be present on the local computer otherwise the default browser font will be used. Font Family values can be separated by a comma with a preference to use the first font found.
Example: fontfamily = 'arial, verdana, tahoma';fontsize Sets the Font Size for all menu text. Font Sizes can be declared as any valid CSS1 or CSS2 font sizes. Default values are in pixel but em, pt etc can be used providing the value is enclosed in quotes.
Example: fontsize=10; Example: fontsize='75%';fontstyle Sets the Font Style for all menu text.
Values: 'normal' or 'italic'.
Example: fontstyle ='italic';fontweight Sets the Font Weight for all menu text.
Values: normal or bold.
Other values can be used but have different outputs depending on browser. These are bolder | lighter | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900
Example: fontweight='bold';headerbgcolor Sets the Header Background Color for all header menu items. This will set the backgound color declared for each menu item that has been declared a header. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here.
Example: headerbgcolor='#666666';headerborder Allows all of the headerborder property settings for the four borders to be fixed in one declaration for each menu item that has been declared a header. All valid HTML colornames or hex values can be used here.
Example: headerborder='1px solid #000000';headercolor Sets the Header Font Color for each menu item that has been declared a header.
Example: headercolor='#999999';high3dcolor Sets the High Border Color on 3D Objects for all menus. This is the color for menus and menuitem that have been specified to be 3 dimensional in style. Rather like the way in which Windows 98 menus appear. The High Color denotes the shadow color as a direct hit from the light source.
Example: high3dcolor='#FFFFFF';image Sets the Menu Item Image for your menu style. All menu items using this style will include the declared image. Image positioning and alignment can be performed by each menu item.
Example: image='item_background.gif';imagealign Sets the Image Alignment for the item image specified above.
Values: 'left', 'center' or 'right' Example: imagealign='left';imageheight Sets the Image Height for the item image specified above.
Example: imageheight=20;imagepadding Sets the amount of Image Padding around the item image specified above.
Example: imagepadding=5;imageposition Will change the position of menu item images. Valid values are top, middle, bottom, left, center or right. imageurl imagewidth Sets the Image Width for the item image specified above.
Example: imagewidtht=20;itemheight Sets a specific Item Height for all menu items using the style.
Example: itemheight=28;itemwidth Sets a specific Item Width for all menu items using the style.
Example: itemwidth=130;keepalive This property allows the menu to remain active when it would normally have disappeared. The active menu will close automatically once a sibling menu is opened.
Values: 'true', 'false', '0' or '1' Example: keepalive=1;low3dcolor Sets the Low Border Color on 3D Objects for all menus. The Low Color denotes the shadow color as a shadow, not a direct hit from the light source.
Example: low3dcolor='#000000';margin Sets the margin, this is the space between onborder and the item border. This parameter has to be declared in each menu.
Example: margin=4;menubgimage The menubgimage property sets the image to be used for the entire menu background.
Example: menubgimage='large_background.gif';offbgcolor Sets the Mouse Off background Color for the global style. All menus that use this style will use the declared background color for each menu item in the mouse of state. This color should be used to declare the actual color of the menu.
Example: offbgcolor='#333333';offborder Sets the Mouse Off Border Style for the global menu style. The offborder property is used to declare the border width, style and color for each menu item in the mouse off state. Valid CSS parameters for setting borders must be used for this property.
Example: offborder='1px solid #aaaaaa';
This will enable a 1 pixel, solid gray border for each menu item in the mouse off state. This parameter can also be declared in each menuitem.offclass Sets the MouseOff Style Sheet Reference for any global menu style. offclass is used to declare a pre-defined Cascading Style Sheet property for each menu item in the mouse off state. Note that this feature will not work in Netscape 4.x due to the static nature of this browser. The properties declared for offclass, will be the default style for the menu. offcolor Sets the Mouse Off Font Color for any global menu style. This property declares the font color for each menu item in the Mouse Off state. Valid HTML colornames or Hex values can be used for this property. When using a Hex value, the value must be prefixed by a hash.
Example: offcolor='#000000';offfunction The off function parameter is used to declare custom javascripts for menu items. This property allows a javascript function to be fired in the Mouse Off state. onbgcolor Sets the Mouse On Background Color for the global menu style. This property declares the background color for each menu item in the Mouse On state. Valid HTML colornames or Hex values can be used for this property. When using a Hex value, the value must be prefixed by a hash.
Example: onbgcolor='#66CC33';onbold Sets the Font Weight on Mouse Over for any global menu style. This property sets the menu text to bold in the Mouse On state.
Example onbold=1;onborder Sets the Mouse On Border Style for any global menu style. The onborder property is used to declare the border width, style and color for each menu item in the mouse on state. Valid CSS parameters for setting borders must be used for this property.
Example: onborder='1px dashed #ffffff';
This will enable a 1 pixel, dashed white border for each menu item in the mouse on state. This parameter can also be declared in each menuitem.onclass Sets the MouseOn Style Sheet Reference for any global menu style. onclass is used to declare a pre-defined Cascading Style Sheet property for each menu item in the mouse on state. Note that this feature will not work in Netscape 4.x due to the static nature of this browser. The properties declared for offclass, will be the default style for the menu. oncolor Sets the Mouse On Font Color for any global menu style. This property declares the font color for each menu item in the Mouse On state. Valid HTML colornames or Hex values can be used for this property. When using a Hex value, the value must be prefixed by a hash.
Example: oncolor='#f01f01';ondecoration Sets the Mouse On Text Decoration for all menu text. All valid CSS1 & CSS2 text-decoration values can be declared.
Values: none, underline, overline or line-through.
Example: ondecoration='underline';onfunction The on function parameter is used to declare custom javascripts for menu items. This property allows a javascript function to be fired in the Mouse On state. onitalic Sets the Mouse On Font Style on Mouse Over for any global menu style. This property sets the menu text to italic in the Mouse On state. onsubimage Changes the Mouse On Sub Menu Image for any global menu style. This property, when declared will change the sub menu indicator image in the Mouse On state.
Example: onsubimage='subon_arrow.gif';openonclick Allows the menu to be opened by a click of the mouse on the main menu rather than it automatically opening as the mouse rolls over it.
Values: 'true', 'false', '0' or '1'
Example: openonclick=true;
Example: openonclick=0;outfilter The outfilter property sets the style in which the menu closes. All filters and transitions above are also valid here.
Example: outfilter='randomdissolve(duration=0.4)'overbgimage The overbgimage parameter allows a second Background Image to appear when in the Mouseover state.
Example: overbgimage='background_on.gif';overfilter Sets the opening style of the menus. Filters and transitions make a significant difference in the appearance of how a menu materializes. Transition values: Barn, Blinds, Checkerboard, Fade, GradientWipe, Inset, Iris, Pixelate, RadialWipe, RandomBars, RandomDissolve, Slide, Spiral, Stretch, Strips, Wheel or ZigZag.
Filter values: Alpha, Blur, Motion Blur, Drop Shadow, Shadow, Glow, Wave, Emboss or Engrave.
Example: overfilter='Fade(duration=0.2);Shadow(color='#777777',Direction=135,Strength=3)';overimage Sets the Mouseover Item Image for your menu style. All menu items using this style will include the declared image.
Example: overimage='item_background_on.gif';padding Sets the Menu Item Padding for any global menu style. Padding is the amount of white space between the text or other object and the menu item border. Padding values are in pixels.
Example: padding=3;pagebgcolor The pagebgcolor parameter sets the Current Page Menu Item background color for any global menu style. This property, when declared, will change the background color of a menu item if the URL matches the current URL. This is useful for indicating to the user where in the menu they need to go to navigate to this page.
Example: pagebgcolor='#ffff00';pagebgimage The pagebgimage parameter sets the Current Page Menu Item Image for any global menu style. This property, when declared, will change the background image of a menu item if the URL matches the current URL. This is useful for indicating to the user where in the menu they need to go to navigate to this page.
Example: pagebgimage='current_page.gif';pageborder Sets the Current Page Menu Item Border for any global menu style. The pageborder property is used to declare the border width, style and color for each menu item in the current page state. Valid CSS parameters for setting borders must be used for this property.
Example: pageborder='1px dashed #ffffff';pageclass The pageclass parameter is used to specify a classname for the Current Page Menu Item for CSS. pagecolor Sets the Current Page Menu Item Font Color for any global menu style. This property, when declared, will change the font color of a menu item if the URL matches the current URL. This is useful for indicating to the user where in the menu they need to go to navigate to this page.
Example: pagecolor='#000000';pageimage Sets the Current Page Menu Image for any global menu style. Will change the menu image to the declared image if the user has navigated to a page matching the URL in the menu definition.
Example: pageimage='matchimg.gif';pagematch The pagematch property is used to highlight the menu item if the URL matches the current URL. pointer The pointer parameter changes the mouse pointer to the declared curser image as it navigates the menu.
Values: auto, crosshair, default, pointer, move, text, wait & help.
Example: pointer='move';
Url can also be used to define a custom curser from a specific location.
Example: pointer=url('first.cur'), url('second.cur'), pointer;rawcss The rawcss parameter allows any kind of CSS to be added to the menu. separatoralign The separatoralign parameter sets the Menuitem Separator Bar alignment for any global menu style. This property will alter the menus alignment of separator lines. This feature will only have an effect if the separator width or height has been declared and is smaller than the height or width of the menu it resides.
Values: 'left', 'center' or 'right'
Example: separatoralign='center';separatorcolor Sets the Menuitem Separator Bar Color for any global menu style. This property sets the color of the default menu separator line in both horizontal and vertical menus. This property can also be changed inside each menu item.
Example: separatorcolor='#ffffff'separatorheight The separatorheight property sets the Menuitem Separator Bar height for any global menu style. This property will change the height of the separator line in horizontal menus only. For this property to have any effect the declared height must be less than the height of the horizontal menu.
Example: separatorheight=10;separatorimage Allows a custom separatorimage to be used instead of a standard separator line. This feature will only have an effect if the separator width or height has been declared.
Example: separatorimage='dots.gif';separatorpadding Sets the Menuitem Separator Bar Padding for any global menu style. Separator padding will add white space either side of the menu item separator in both horizontal and vertical menus.
Example: separatorpadding=5;separatorsize Sets the Menuitem Separator Bar Size for any global menu style. Separator size is the thickness of the separator line in pixels, used for both vertical and horizontal menus.
Example: separatorsize=2;separatorwidth Sets the Menuitem Separator Bar Width for any global menu style. This property allows the adjustment of the width of separator lines in vertical menus. The declared width will need to be less than the width of the menu. If not the width of the separator line will render the menu width to suit.
Example: separatorwidth=40;showmenu The showmenu parameter allows you to define the menu you wish the menu item to open.
aI('text=Links;showmenu=Links;');status The status property is used to add text to the status bar on mouseover.
Example: aI('text=Home;url=http://www.milonic.com/;status=Back To Home Page;');subimage Sets the Sub Menu Indicator Image for any global menu style. This property declares the sub menu indicator image for each menu item that contains a showmenu command.
Example: subimage='sub_arrow.gif';subimagepadding Sets the Sub Menu Indicator Padding for any global menu style. This property will add white space to sub menu indicator images. The value for this property is in pixels.
Example: subimagepadding=3;subimageposition Sets the Sub Menu Image Position for any global menu style. This property will move the submenu indicator image based on CSS positioning values.
Values: top, left, right, center, middle or bottom. Or a sensible combination of 2 values separated by a semi colon. Note that tall text values must be declared inside quotes. Example: subimageposition='left';swap3d The 3d effect declared in high3dcolor and low3dcolor creates a raised effect for the menu and a sunken effect for the menu separators. The swap3d parameter allows the raised and sunken effects to be swapped creating a raised separator bar and a deep-set menu.
Example:swap3d='true';target The target property allows you to declare a menu item link destination Values: new, blank Example: target='blank'; targetfeatures text The text property inserts the menu item text. This parameter has to be declared in each menu item that requires visible text.
Example: aI('text=Home;');title The title parameter inserts alt text to menu items.
Example: title='Click here';type The type property sets the type of menu to be displayed. Changing the type will allow the menu to transform dramatically.
Values: form, dragable, header or tree.
Example: type='dragable';url Sets the address a menu item links to.
Example:aI('text=Contact Us;url=http://www.milonic.com/contactus.php;');valign The valign parameter adjusts the vertical alignment of the text within the all menus.
Values: top, middle or bottom.
Example: valign='top';visitedcolor Sets the text color for items previously visited. The visitedcolor property uses all valid HTML colornames or hex values. Note that the hash is needed for all hex value definitions.
Example: visitedcolor='#B141AA';