pull-down menu problem

occas · Feb 13, 2004

i have taken this code directly from a text i have. in fact, i have seen the code on the web in one of my searches. i get the menu to appear, but not a pull-down. it also loads with an "error on page", object expected, line 30, column 1. any help appreciated. ty.
<code>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "

http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="

http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>
<title>Menu</title>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

</script>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
<body bgcolor="white">
<div id="mainMenu" class="menu" onmouseover="toggleMenu('mainMenu', -5)" onmouseout="toggleMenu('mainMenu', -90)"><br />
<a href="

http://www.test1.com">test1.com</a><br

/>
<a href="

http://www.test2.com">test2.com</a><br

/>
<a href="

http://www.test3.com">test3.com</a><br

/>
<a href="

http://www.test4.com">test4.com</a><br

/>
<a href="

http://www.test5.com">test5.com</a><hr

/>
<a href="javascript:toggleMenu('mainMenu')">Search</a>
</div>

</body>
</html>
</code>
i had this post originally in an asp.net forum, but now i realize my problem is js specific. ty again.

BabyJeffy · Feb 13, 2004

The immediate bug with your code is the following line:

Code:

 if (toggleMenu.arguments.length == 1 {

You have missed the closing ) bracket. The line should read:

Code:

 if (toggleMenu.arguments.length == 1

Code:

)

Code:

That will hopefully stop the javascript error at least!

Jeff

simonchristieis · Feb 13, 2004

I'm not convinced by this at all.

menuObj= (stdBrowser) ? document.getElementById(currElem).style : eval("document." + currElem)

it looks to me that this will only work in modern browsers or ie4, perhaps jeff can tell me I'm wrong? ;o)

it's friday - im tired.

simon

occas · Feb 13, 2004

duh. i did fix that closing braket. no error on page as i can see. but still doesn't show pull-down menu. i am using ie6 and also mozilla 1.6. same in both.
being fairly new with this, i am always concerned about compatibility. maybe i should just go with traditional menu. no pull-down.
ty.

occas · Feb 13, 2004

well, i went to a different javascript code and have a pull-down working. however, i would like to know how i can position the sub-menu to the right of the main menu. the menu intotal is a lefthand column.

i am new at this website developing and truly love doing them. so many things confuse me. i have been concentrating lately on having my code validated for every page(w3). my biggest concern is that i am missing something though as far as what different browsers are seeing. i have 2 browsers on my computer. ie6 and mozilla 1.6. i am definitely open to suggestions on how to determine if my code is working for as much of an audience as it should.

ty.

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