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To demonstrate how the menu works, the example below has no links - try clicking on "menus" !

Name	Value	Example
AppletHomePage	http://go.to/javabase
autoCollapse	Include this tag for auto collapse (collapses old menus when new ones are opened)	OK
bgColor	The page background colour	FFFFFF
background	An optional background image (jpeg or gif)	back.jpg
textColor	The normal text colour *	880000
textFont	Font to be used in format FONTNAME;STYLE;SIZE where style is r for regular, b for bold, i for italic and bi for bold italic. (eg. Times;b;12 is size 12 bold Times) *	Times;r;12
optionColor	Colour of bar and link behind menu text *	FFEEAA
showOptionEffect	Effect when showing a new menu *	shrink
optionDraw	"fill", "edge" or "none". "fill" fills in the bar. "edge" highlights just the edge of the bar. "none" does not draw a bar.	fill
mouseTextColor	Colour of text on mouseOver *	EEEEFF
mouseTextFont	Font to be used when the mouse is over the menu item.	Times;bi;12
mouseOptionColor	Colour of bar behind text on mouseOver *	000088
mouseOverEffect	Highlight bar effect on mouse over *	left
mouseDraw	"fill", "edge" or "none". "fill" fills in the bar when the mouse is moved over it. "edge" highlights just the edge of the bar. "none" leaves the bar alone.	fill
delayTime	Time for each frame in milliseconds	20
visibilityStep	Speed at which menu appears (1-100)	2
mouseOverStep	Speed of mouseOver effects (1-100)	4
showDelay	How much the fade in is delayed for menus lower down the list	10
padding	How much bigger the bar behind the text is than the text	10
spacing	How seperated the different menu options are	100
lineThickness	The thickness of the lines between the menu options	1
rounding	How much to round highlight bar	10
showDepth	Determines what depth of the menu is visible on startup. '0' means only the root options are visible. '1' means the first level is initially visible as well.	1
drag	How long the menu takes to 'settle'. 1-10	5
menu	See below for details
key	Key supplied at registration

* for these parameters, multiple values can be seperated by commas and the first value will apply the nodes of the tree at the top depth, the second to the 1st level submenus etc. See the example code.

What about the "menu" parameter ?

Like all javabase applets, the menu options are specified using the following formats:

{Name} For an unlinked option or tree node

{Name,Link} For a link to be opened in the same frame

{Name,Link,Frame}

For a link to be opened in a different frame.

Frame can also be "_new" for a new window, "_parent" for the frame's parent, "_top" for the top frame or "_self" for the applet's frame.

So, for example, to make a link to altavista which opened in a frame called "main" the option would look like:

{Altavista,http://www.altavista.com/,main}

To use submenus, simply add a space to the beginning of the name of those options which you want to be indented as shown in the example code above. Multiple spaces can be used to make multiple levels of menu.

Using javascript

In order to use javascript as a link, you must add MAYSCRIPT to your applet tag, eg:

You must then include your javascript as links, for example:

{Click me,javascript:alert('hello')}

How can I register?

Commercial sites are required to register. Other sites need not register, but their menus will show a link to Javabase.

Click here for registration details