GL floating boxes with rollovers
I'm working on a project that is similar to a target--bullseye in center with rings around it. I have created the text/phrases that go in each ring in Illustrator and put the whole thing together in a layered PS file. No problems yet, but when I separate all of the text/phrase into images with 2 states for the rollover and put them into GL floating boxes, the boxes overlap in some area so the mouseover rollover doesn't always work. For example, mouseover one text image and another one will show the color change rollover because the mouse is really over an area of the image that is transparent. Is the only way around this to re-arrange the box z-index to try to avoid the overlap or is there some way that I am missing? Frustrating!
Like I said, you can use the Set Image URL action for the rollover. You can set multiple actions to change more than 1 pic on mouse enter if you need to. You won't need any more layers than you currently have, and only the area where you place the image map will be active (rollover won't trigger in transparent areas).
As for overlib, (I'm not familiar with that) if it's a javascript that's added to your links/rollovers, you can move it to the image maps in the source, it should work fine.
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I Have an applet cobbled from the net & modified. Is works but needs one major event added. It draws "Graphics.drawline" boxes with a text "String" inside each box ( the text string represents an URL location). These "boxes" are objects which are "draggable to other locations on canvas & therefore can be independently positioned by user. Each box redraws itself periodically to a slightly different screen location & becomes stationary after a 5 or 6 seconds. The point is, all of this "drag & mobility" behavior must remain intact & is not part of the "problem task".
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1st possible solution: Exchange these "boxes" which appear on canvas into clickable event "Graph panel.buttons" ( for example or some other clickable object) which maintains existing "drag" behavior of boxes. These buttons must each have "clickability" with mouse events to enable placing "getAppletContext. showDocument()" code with these events ( e.g., "hotlinked" to http locations).
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Maybe there is a #3. I don't know what that would be. Open to try anything without losing the drag & placement mobility of existing boxes.
These "boxes" could be images, or event buttons - doesnt matter.
Not sure if #2 is possible & have not been able to accomplish #1. Must stay within existing AWT framework so IE browsers can run it natively ( which of course IE cannot run Swing graphics unless a Sun plugin loaded ).
Applet is a single file ( creating 4 classes).
html file (which invokes it) passes a string param which is broken into above noted URL strings in each box.
Running this applet, you see a "button" event ( at base of canvas labeled "NewUrl" ) which pops up an url location when clicked ( using "showdocument"). This button is not attached to locations or text of each box object ( which is the "task" to accomplish) . The button does represent the kind of event behavior which each "box" should have when task is achieved. So the box can be exchanged with buttons or the boxes can be imbued with events to hyperlink like a button.
In spirit of solution #1, here is the bonehead attempt I tried which did not work: copied entire "if" block of logic from the button event (sited in preceding paragraph) into region of code which builds boxes ( "for" loop of "drawstring" method).
"g.drawString(doit, x - (w-10)/2, (y - (h-4)/2) + fm.getAscent());"
I copied all the "if" block of logic for button creation into the area immediately after the above line ( for loop which builds the boxes). Hoping that I could create buttons with events, along with all the boxes (which are getting created using "drawstring" above in a "for" loop). These "buttons" must also have positioning info of each box to appear in different locations on the canvas. Positioning data is not in that "if" block of code but it would have been a start to get the multiple buttons created ( even if all drawn in one spot). The "if" code block I've provieded for an example begins with the line:
" if ("NewUrl".equals(arg)) { "
and ends with with lines:
" return true; "
" } " //< -- end of above if block
This full "if" block can be seen in the listing below:
This "if" block creates the "NewUrl" button. Of course, I got a bunch of errors when I tried to copy this block to the above location:
variable: "arg" "not found in class GraphPanel".
methods: "getcodebase, showstatus, getappletcontext()"
"not found in class GraphPanel".
----------- The applet code in total follows next
Here are both the java & htm complete source.
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.awt.event.*;
class Node {
double x;
double y;
double dx;
double dy;
boolean fixed;
String lbl;
class Edge {
int from;
int to;
double len;
} // eEdgeCla
class GraphPanel extends Panel implements Runnable {
Box box;
int nnodes;
Node nodes[] = new Node[100];
int nedges;
Edge edges[] = new Edge[200];
Thread relaxer;
boolean showit;
boolean random;
GraphPanel(Box box) {
this.box = box;
} //ebox
int findNode(String lbl) {
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
if (nodes.lbl.equals(lbl)) {
return i;
return addNode(lbl);
int addNode(String lbl) {
Node n = new Node();
n.x = 10 + 380*Math.random();
n.y = 10 + 380*Math.random();
n.lbl = lbl;
nodes[nnodes] = n;
return nnodes++;
void addEdge(String from, String to, int len) {
Edge e = new Edge();
e.from = findNode(from);
e.to = findNode(to);
e.len = len;
edges[nedges++] = e;
public void run() {
int i3=0;
while (true) {
relax();
if (random && (Math.random() < 0.03)) {
Node n = nodes[(int) (1 * nnodes) ]; // no
if (!n.fixed) {
n.x += (100*0.02) - 50;
n.y += (100*0.02) - 50; //
try {
Thread.sleep(4000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
break;
i3++;
} //ew
} // epublrun()
synchronized void relax() {
for (int i = 0 ; i < nedges ; i++) {
Edge e = edges;
double vx = nodes[e.to].x - nodes[e.from].x;
double vy = nodes[e.to].y - nodes[e.from].y;
double len = Math.sqrt(vx * vx + vy * vy);
double f = (edges.len - len) / (len * 3) ;
double dx = f * vx;
double dy = f * vy;
nodes[e.to].dx += dx;
nodes[e.to].dy += dy;
nodes[e.from].dx += -dx;
nodes[e.from].dy += -dy;
} //efo
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
Node n1 = nodes;
double dx = 0;
double dy = 0;
for (int j = 0 ; j < nnodes ; j++) {
if (i == j) {
continue;
Node n2 = nodes[j];
double vx = n1.x - n2.x;
double vy = n1.y - n2.y;
double len = vx * vx + vy * vy;
if (len == 0) {
dx += 0.02;
dy += 0.02;
} else if (len < 100*100) {
dx += vx / len;
dy += vy / len;
} //ef3a
double dlen = dx * dx + dy * dy;
if (dlen > 0) {
dlen = Math.sqrt(dlen) / 2;
n1.dx += dx / dlen;
n1.dy += dy / dlen;
} //ef3
Dimension d = size();
// f4
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
Node n = nodes;
if (!n.fixed) {
n.x += Math.max(-5, Math.min(5, n.dx));
n.y += Math.max(-5, Math.min(5, n.dy));
if (n.x < 0) {
n.x = 0;
} else if (n.x > d.width) {
n.x = d.width;
if (n.y < 0) {
n.y = 0;
} else if (n.y > d.height) {
n.y = d.height;
n.dx /= 2;
n.dy /= 2;
repaint();
Node pick;
boolean pickfixed;
Image offscreen;
Dimension offscreensize;
Graphics offgraphics;
final Color fixedColor = Color.green;
final Color selectColor = Color.gray;
final Color edgeColor = Color.black;
final Color nodeColor = new Color(200, 90, 50);
final Color showitColor = Color.gray;
final Color arcColor1 = Color.black;
final Color arcColor2 = Color.orange;
final Color arcColor3 = Color.blue;
public void paintNode( Graphics g, Node n, FontMetrics fm) {
int x = (int)n.x;
int y = (int)n.y;
g.setColor((n == pick) ? selectColor : (n.fixed ? fixedColor : nodeColor));
int w = fm.stringWidth(n.lbl) + 10;
int h = fm.getHeight() + 4;
g.fillRect(x - w/2, y - h / 2, w, h);
g.setColor(Color.black);
g.drawRect(x - w/2, y - h / 2, w-1, h-1);
String doit = n.lbl.replace('x','/');
g.drawString(doit, x - (w-10)/2, (y - (h-4)/2) + fm.getAscent());
} // epa
public synchronized void update(Graphics g) {
Dimension d = size();
if ((offscreen == null) || (d.width != offscreensize.width) || (d.height != offscreensize.height)) {
offscreen = createImage(d.width, d.height);
offscreensize = d;
offgraphics = offscreen.getGraphics();
offgraphics.setFont(getFont());
offgraphics.setColor(getBackground());
offgraphics.fillRect(0, 0, d.width, d.height);
for (int i = 0 ; i < nedges ; i++) {
Edge e = edges;
int x1 = (int)nodes[e.from].x;
int y1 = (int)nodes[e.from].y;
int x2 = (int)nodes[e.to].x;
int y2 = (int)nodes[e.to].y;
int len = (int)Math.abs(Math.sqrt((x1-x2)*(x1-x2) + (y1-y2)*(y1-y2)) - e.len);
offgraphics.setColor((len < 10) ? arcColor1 : (len < 20 ? arcColor2 : arcColor3)) ;
offgraphics.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2);
if (showit) {
String lbl = String.valueOf(len);
offgraphics.setColor(showitColor);
offgraphics.drawString("href= http://localhost:"+lbl, x1 + (x2-x1)/2, y1 + (y2-y1)/2);
offgraphics.setColor(edgeColor);
} //ef5
FontMetrics fm = offgraphics.getFontMetrics();
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
paintNode( offgraphics, nodes, fm); //or
g.drawImage(offscreen, 0, 0, null);
public synchronized boolean mouseDown(Event evt, int x, int y) {
double bestdist = Double.MAX_VALUE;
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
Node n = nodes;
double dist = (n.x - x) * (n.x - x) + (n.y - y) * (n.y - y);
if (dist < bestdist) {
pick = n;
bestdist = dist;
pickfixed = pick.fixed;
pick.fixed = true;
pick.x = x;
pick.y = y;
repaint();
return true;
public synchronized boolean mouseDrag(Event evt, int x, int y) {
pick.x = x;
pick.y = y;
repaint();
return true;
} //e-pubsyncmousedrag
public synchronized boolean mouseUp(Event evt, int x, int y) {
pick.x = x;
pick.y = y;
pick.fixed = pickfixed;
pick = null;
repaint();
return true;
public void start() {
relaxer = new Thread(this);
relaxer.start();
public void stop() {
relaxer.stop();
public class Box extends Applet {
GraphPanel panel;
public void init() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
panel = new GraphPanel(this);
add("Center", panel);
Panel p = new Panel();
add("South", p);
p.add(new Button("Reposition"));
p.add(new Button("NewUrl"));
p.add(new Checkbox("Showit"));
String edges = getParameter("edges"); // putinli
for (StringTokenizer t = new StringTokenizer(edges, ",") ; t.hasMoreTokens() ; ) {
String str = t.nextToken();
int i = str.indexOf('-');
if (i > 0) { int len = 50;
int j = str.indexOf('/');
if (j > 0) {
len = Integer.valueOf(str.substring(j+1)).intValue();
str = str.substring(0, j);
panel.addEdge(str.substring(0,i), str.substring(i+1), len);
} //ef8
Dimension d = size();
String center = getParameter("center");
if (center != null){
Node n = panel.nodes[panel.findNode(center)];
n.x = d.width / 2;
n.y = d.height / 2;
n.fixed = true;
} // eif
} // ep
public void start() {
panel.start();
public void stop() {
panel.stop();
public boolean action(Event evt, Object arg) {
if (arg instanceof Boolean) {
if (((Checkbox)evt.target).getLabel().equals("Showit")) {
panel.showit = ((Boolean)arg).booleanValue();
}// e-
else {
panel.random = ((Boolean)arg).booleanValue();
return true;
} // e-if instof bool
if ("Reposition".equals(arg)) {
Dimension d = size();
for (int i = 0 ; i < panel.nnodes ; i++) {
Node n = panel.nodes;
if (!n.fixed) {
n.x = 10 + (d.width-20)*Math.random();
n.y = 10 + (d.height-20)*Math.random();
} //ei
} //ef9
return true;
} //eif scram
if ("NewUrl".equals(arg)) {
Dimension d = size();
URL url = getCodeBase();
try {
getAppletContext().showDocument( new URL(url+"main.htm"), "_blank" );
try {
Thread.sleep(1000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) { }
} catch(MalformedURLException e) {
showStatus("814 URL not found");
for (int i = 0 ; i < panel.nnodes ; i++) {
Node n = panel.nodes;
if (!n.fixed) {
n.x += (80*0.02) - 40;
n.y += (80*0.02) - 40;
return true;
} //ei
return false;
-----------------------htm file to launch------------------------------
<html>
<head>
<title>R
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>
<center>
R
</center>
</h3>
I
<b>
</b>
<table border = 1>
<td>De<td>Test List<tr>
<td>N <td><tr>
<td>N <td><tr>
</table>
<b>view </b>
<applet code="Box.class" CODEBASE=. width=1000 height=600
ALT="Test ">
<param name=edges value="http:xxabc.htm-http:xxnet.htm,http:xxthis.htm-http:xx.comet.htm,http:xxnewsighting.htm-http:xxstar.htm,http:xxmoon.htm-http:xxNeptune.htm">
<hr>
</applet>
</b>
<p>
<table border = 1>
<tr>
<tr>
</table>
</html>
</body>
instructions to compile :
0 : The discussion becomes easy to follow after 1st compiling
& viewing the applet.
1. : cut out applet code.
2. : the post somehow deleted all references to "" <--- HERE
see, the data has been deleted again as I preview this post.
( that "" should contain an "i" array increment argument:
"open square bracket" "i" "close square bracket" ) array
so "javac Box.java" will get 10 errors. These "[" "i" "]"
array args must be replaced to compile the code.
3. : All array variables inside the 10 "for" loops ( the bare words
"edges" and "nodes" ) without array increment "i" should
read "edges" "[" "i" "]" & "nodes" "[" "i" "]".
The 10 location lines are approx:
line #65, #129, #136, #149, #195, #283, #311, #331, #477, #522
4. : These 10 edits reqresent a missing "i" to all 10 for loop arrays.
for eddges & nodes. fix this & javac Box.java" will get
4 class files.
5. : cut "Box.htm" from post & do "appletviewer Box.htm"
or put in an apache "htdoc" or tomcat "servlet" http delivered
directory & call "http://localhost/Box.htm.
6. : of course, selecting the event button "NewUrl" will not
work in appletviewer but will work in an http web location.
7. : post your questions to problem or fixes to problem as I'm
monitoring closely. TIA.Thanks for code post tip to fix array deletion problem.
Here is code reposted using delimiters with will
compile straight out of cut/paste.import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.awt.event.*;
class Node {
double x;
double y;
double dx;
double dy;
boolean fixed;
String lbl;
class Edge {
int from;
int to;
double len;
} // eEdgeCla
class GraphPanel extends Panel implements Runnable {
Box box;
int nnodes;
Node nodes[] = new Node[100];
int nedges;
Edge edges[] = new Edge[200];
Thread relaxer;
boolean showit;
boolean random;
GraphPanel(Box box) {
this.box = box;
} //ebox
int findNode(String lbl) {
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
//if (nodes.lbl.equals(lbl)) {
if (nodes.lbl.equals(lbl)) {
return i;
return addNode(lbl);
int addNode(String lbl) {
Node n = new Node();
n.x = 10 + 380*Math.random();
n.y = 10 + 380*Math.random();
n.lbl = lbl;
nodes[nnodes] = n;
return nnodes++;
void addEdge(String from, String to, int len) {
Edge e = new Edge();
e.from = findNode(from);
e.to = findNode(to);
e.len = len;
edges[nedges++] = e;
public void run() {
int i3=0;
while (true) {
relax();
if (random && (Math.random() < 0.03)) {
Node n = nodes[(int) (1 * nnodes) ]; // no
if (!n.fixed) {
n.x += (100*0.02) - 50;
n.y += (100*0.02) - 50; //
try {
Thread.sleep(4000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
break;
i3++;
} //ew
} // epublrun()
synchronized void relax() {
for (int i = 0 ; i < nedges ; i++) {
//Edge e = edges;
Edge e = edges[i];
double vx = nodes[e.to].x - nodes[e.from].x;
double vy = nodes[e.to].y - nodes[e.from].y;
double len = Math.sqrt(vx * vx + vy * vy);
//double f = (edges.len - len) / (len * 3) ;
double f = (edges[i].len - len) / (len * 3) ;
double dx = f * vx;
double dy = f * vy;
nodes[e.to].dx += dx;
nodes[e.to].dy += dy;
nodes[e.from].dx += -dx;
nodes[e.from].dy += -dy;
} //efo
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
//Node n1 = nodes[i];
Node n1 = nodes[i];
double dx = 0;
double dy = 0;
for (int j = 0 ; j < nnodes ; j++) {
if (i == j) {
continue;
Node n2 = nodes[j];
double vx = n1.x - n2.x;
double vy = n1.y - n2.y;
double len = vx * vx + vy * vy;
if (len == 0) {
dx += 0.02;
dy += 0.02;
} else if (len < 100*100) {
dx += vx / len;
dy += vy / len;
} //ef3a
double dlen = dx * dx + dy * dy;
if (dlen > 0) {
dlen = Math.sqrt(dlen) / 2;
n1.dx += dx / dlen;
n1.dy += dy / dlen;
} //ef3
Dimension d = size();
// f4
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
//Node n = nodes;
Node n = nodes[i];
if (!n.fixed) {
n.x += Math.max(-5, Math.min(5, n.dx));
n.y += Math.max(-5, Math.min(5, n.dy));
if (n.x < 0) {
n.x = 0;
} else if (n.x > d.width) {
n.x = d.width;
if (n.y < 0) {
n.y = 0;
} else if (n.y > d.height) {
n.y = d.height;
n.dx /= 2;
n.dy /= 2;
repaint();
Node pick;
boolean pickfixed;
Image offscreen;
Dimension offscreensize;
Graphics offgraphics;
final Color fixedColor = Color.green;
final Color selectColor = Color.gray;
final Color edgeColor = Color.black;
final Color nodeColor = new Color(200, 90, 50);
final Color showitColor = Color.gray;
final Color arcColor1 = Color.black;
final Color arcColor2 = Color.orange;
final Color arcColor3 = Color.blue;
public void paintNode( Graphics g, Node n, FontMetrics fm) {
int x = (int)n.x;
int y = (int)n.y;
g.setColor((n == pick) ? selectColor : (n.fixed ? fixedColor : nodeColor));
int w = fm.stringWidth(n.lbl) + 10;
int h = fm.getHeight() + 4;
g.fillRect(x - w/2, y - h / 2, w, h);
g.setColor(Color.black);
g.drawRect(x - w/2, y - h / 2, w-1, h-1);
String doit = n.lbl.replace('x','/');
g.drawString(doit, x - (w-10)/2, (y - (h-4)/2) + fm.getAscent());
} // epa
public synchronized void update(Graphics g) {
Dimension d = size();
if ((offscreen == null) || (d.width != offscreensize.width) || (d.height != offscreensize.height)) {
offscreen = createImage(d.width, d.height);
offscreensize = d;
offgraphics = offscreen.getGraphics();
offgraphics.setFont(getFont());
offgraphics.setColor(getBackground());
offgraphics.fillRect(0, 0, d.width, d.height);
for (int i = 0 ; i < nedges ; i++) {
//Edge e = edges;
Edge e = edges[i];
int x1 = (int)nodes[e.from].x;
int y1 = (int)nodes[e.from].y;
int x2 = (int)nodes[e.to].x;
int y2 = (int)nodes[e.to].y;
int len = (int)Math.abs(Math.sqrt((x1-x2)*(x1-x2) + (y1-y2)*(y1-y2)) - e.len);
offgraphics.setColor((len < 10) ? arcColor1 : (len < 20 ? arcColor2 : arcColor3)) ;
offgraphics.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2);
if (showit) {
String lbl = String.valueOf(len);
offgraphics.setColor(showitColor);
offgraphics.drawString("href= http://localhost:"+lbl, x1 + (x2-x1)/2, y1 + (y2-y1)/2);
offgraphics.setColor(edgeColor);
} //ef5
FontMetrics fm = offgraphics.getFontMetrics();
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
//paintNode( offgraphics, nodes, fm); //or
paintNode( offgraphics, nodes[i], fm); //or
g.drawImage(offscreen, 0, 0, null);
public synchronized boolean mouseDown(Event evt, int x, int y) {
double bestdist = Double.MAX_VALUE;
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
//Node n = nodes;
Node n = nodes[i];
double dist = (n.x - x) * (n.x - x) + (n.y - y) * (n.y - y);
if (dist < bestdist) {
pick = n;
bestdist = dist;
pickfixed = pick.fixed;
pick.fixed = true;
pick.x = x;
pick.y = y;
repaint();
return true;
public synchronized boolean mouseDrag(Event evt, int x, int y) {
pick.x = x;
pick.y = y;
repaint();
return true;
} //e-pubsyncmousedrag
public synchronized boolean mouseUp(Event evt, int x, int y) {
pick.x = x;
pick.y = y;
pick.fixed = pickfixed;
pick = null;
repaint();
return true;
public void start() {
relaxer = new Thread(this);
relaxer.start();
public void stop() {
relaxer.stop();
public class Box extends Applet {
GraphPanel panel;
public void init() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
panel = new GraphPanel(this);
add("Center", panel);
Panel p = new Panel();
add("South", p);
p.add(new Button("Reposition"));
p.add(new Button("NewUrl"));
p.add(new Checkbox("Showit"));
String edges = getParameter("edges"); // putinli
for (StringTokenizer t = new StringTokenizer(edges, ",") ; t.hasMoreTokens() ; ) {
String str = t.nextToken();
int i = str.indexOf('-');
if (i > 0) { int len = 50;
int j = str.indexOf('/');
if (j > 0) {
len = Integer.valueOf(str.substring(j+1)).intValue();
str = str.substring(0, j);
panel.addEdge(str.substring(0,i), str.substring(i+1), len);
} //ef8
Dimension d = size();
String center = getParameter("center");
if (center != null){
Node n = panel.nodes[panel.findNode(center)];
n.x = d.width / 2;
n.y = d.height / 2;
n.fixed = true;
} // eif
} // ep
public void start() {
panel.start();
public void stop() {
panel.stop();
public boolean action(Event evt, Object arg) {
if (arg instanceof Boolean) {
if (((Checkbox)evt.target).getLabel().equals("Showit")) {
panel.showit = ((Boolean)arg).booleanValue();
}// e-
else {
panel.random = ((Boolean)arg).booleanValue();
return true;
} // e-if instof bool
if ("Reposition".equals(arg)) {
Dimension d = size();
for (int i = 0 ; i < panel.nnodes ; i++) {
//Node n = panel.nodes;
Node n = panel.nodes[i];
if (!n.fixed) {
n.x = 10 + (d.width-20)*Math.random();
n.y = 10 + (d.height-20)*Math.random();
} //ei
} //ef9
return true;
} //eif scram
if ("NewUrl".equals(arg)) {
Dimension d = size();
URL url = getCodeBase();
try {
getAppletContext().showDocument( new URL(url+"main.htm"), "_blank" );
try {
Thread.sleep(1000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) { }
} catch(MalformedURLException e) {
showStatus("814 URL not found");
for (int i = 0 ; i < panel.nnodes ; i++) {
//Node n = panel.nodes;
Node n = panel.nodes[i];
if (!n.fixed) {
n.x += (80*0.02) - 40;
n.y += (80*0.02) - 40;
return true;
} //ei
return false; -
Floating "boxes" applet with drag events need ckick events
I Have an applet cobbled from the net & modified. Is works but needs one major event added. It draws "Graphics.drawline" boxes with a text "String" inside each box ( the text string represents an URL location). These "boxes" are objects which are "draggable to other locations on canvas & therefore can be independently positioned by user. Each box redraws itself periodically to a slightly different screen location & becomes stationary after a 5 or 6 seconds. The point is, all of this "drag & mobility" behavior must remain intact & is not part of the "problem task".
Task: Need to have an "event" behavior added in one of two ways ( or a 3rd way if there is another ) whichever is quickest/ easiest. "Clickable mouse events" must be added to each box. ( boxes are built in a loop so adding to one will add to other locations & create as many "buttons" as there are boxes) . At each box's location, clicking one box should be an event which fires & clicking a different box should be a separate event which fires. Separate , so that URL location can be "hotlinked" to each box. That URL is currently displayed in the boxes (visible when running applet).
1st possible solution: Exchange these "boxes" which appear on canvas into clickable event "Graph panel.buttons" ( for example or some other clickable object) which maintains existing "drag" behavior of boxes. These buttons must each have "clickability" with mouse events to enable placing "getAppletContext. showDocument()" code with these events ( e.g., "hotlinked" to http locations).
or
2nd possible solution:. The drawstring boxes are currently dead string text with no event model other than the "drag" feature associated with each box. Must add an additional mouse event behavior to existing boxes so they are "clickable" ( or text inside is clickable) and can then execute "showDocument()" URL when clicked independently.
Maybe there is a #3. I don't know what that would be. Open to try anything without losing the drag & placement mobility of existing boxes.
These "boxes" could be images, or event buttons - doesnt matter.
Not sure if #2 is possible & have not been able to accomplish #1. Must stay within existing AWT framework so IE browsers can run it natively ( which of course IE cannot run Swing graphics unless a Sun plugin loaded ).
Applet is a single file ( creating 4 classes).
html file (which invokes it) passes a string param which is broken into above noted URL strings in each box.
Running this applet, you see a "button" event ( at base of canvas labeled "NewUrl" ) which pops up an url location when clicked ( using "showdocument"). This button is not attached to locations or text of each box object ( which is the "task" to accomplish) . The button does represent the kind of event behavior which each "box" should have when task is achieved. So the box can be exchanged with buttons or the boxes can be imbued with events to hyperlink like a button.
In spirit of solution #1, here is the bonehead attempt I tried which did not work: copied entire "if" block of logic from the button event (sited in preceding paragraph) into region of code which builds boxes ( "for" loop of "drawstring" method).
"g.drawString(doit, x - (w-10)/2, (y - (h-4)/2) + fm.getAscent());"
I copied all the "if" block of logic for button creation into the area immediately after the above line ( for loop which builds the boxes). Hoping that I could create buttons with events, along with all the boxes (which are getting created using "drawstring" above in a "for" loop). These "buttons" must also have positioning info of each box to appear in different locations on the canvas. Positioning data is not in that "if" block of code but it would have been a start to get the multiple buttons created ( even if all drawn in one spot). The "if" code block I've provieded for an example begins with the line:
" if ("NewUrl".equals(arg)) { "
and ends with with lines:
" return true; "
" } " //< -- end of above if block
This full "if" block can be seen in the listing below:
This "if" block creates the "NewUrl" button. Of course, I got a bunch of errors when I tried to copy this block to the above location:
variable: "arg" "not found in class GraphPanel".
methods: "getcodebase, showstatus, getappletcontext()"
"not found in class GraphPanel".
----------- The applet code in total follows next
Here are both the java & htm complete source.
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.awt.event.*;
class Node {
double x;
double y;
double dx;
double dy;
boolean fixed;
String lbl;
class Edge {
int from;
int to;
double len;
} // eEdgeCla
class GraphPanel extends Panel implements Runnable {
Box box;
int nnodes;
Node nodes[] = new Node[100];
int nedges;
Edge edges[] = new Edge[200];
Thread relaxer;
boolean showit;
boolean random;
GraphPanel(Box box) {
this.box = box;
} //ebox
int findNode(String lbl) {
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
if (nodes.lbl.equals(lbl)) {
return i;
return addNode(lbl);
int addNode(String lbl) {
Node n = new Node();
n.x = 10 + 380*Math.random();
n.y = 10 + 380*Math.random();
n.lbl = lbl;
nodes[nnodes] = n;
return nnodes++;
void addEdge(String from, String to, int len) {
Edge e = new Edge();
e.from = findNode(from);
e.to = findNode(to);
e.len = len;
edges[nedges++] = e;
public void run() {
int i3=0;
while (true) {
relax();
if (random && (Math.random() < 0.03)) {
Node n = nodes[(int) (1 * nnodes) ]; // no
if (!n.fixed) {
n.x += (100*0.02) - 50;
n.y += (100*0.02) - 50; //
try {
Thread.sleep(4000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
break;
i3++;
} //ew
} // epublrun()
synchronized void relax() {
for (int i = 0 ; i < nedges ; i++) {
Edge e = edges;
double vx = nodes[e.to].x - nodes[e.from].x;
double vy = nodes[e.to].y - nodes[e.from].y;
double len = Math.sqrt(vx * vx + vy * vy);
double f = (edges.len - len) / (len * 3) ;
double dx = f * vx;
double dy = f * vy;
nodes[e.to].dx += dx;
nodes[e.to].dy += dy;
nodes[e.from].dx += -dx;
nodes[e.from].dy += -dy;
} //efo
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
Node n1 = nodes;
double dx = 0;
double dy = 0;
for (int j = 0 ; j < nnodes ; j++) {
if (i == j) {
continue;
Node n2 = nodes[j];
double vx = n1.x - n2.x;
double vy = n1.y - n2.y;
double len = vx * vx + vy * vy;
if (len == 0) {
dx += 0.02;
dy += 0.02;
} else if (len < 100*100) {
dx += vx / len;
dy += vy / len;
} //ef3a
double dlen = dx * dx + dy * dy;
if (dlen > 0) {
dlen = Math.sqrt(dlen) / 2;
n1.dx += dx / dlen;
n1.dy += dy / dlen;
} //ef3
Dimension d = size();
// f4
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
Node n = nodes;
if (!n.fixed) {
n.x += Math.max(-5, Math.min(5, n.dx));
n.y += Math.max(-5, Math.min(5, n.dy));
if (n.x < 0) {
n.x = 0;
} else if (n.x > d.width) {
n.x = d.width;
if (n.y < 0) {
n.y = 0;
} else if (n.y > d.height) {
n.y = d.height;
n.dx /= 2;
n.dy /= 2;
repaint();
Node pick;
boolean pickfixed;
Image offscreen;
Dimension offscreensize;
Graphics offgraphics;
final Color fixedColor = Color.green;
final Color selectColor = Color.gray;
final Color edgeColor = Color.black;
final Color nodeColor = new Color(200, 90, 50);
final Color showitColor = Color.gray;
final Color arcColor1 = Color.black;
final Color arcColor2 = Color.orange;
final Color arcColor3 = Color.blue;
public void paintNode( Graphics g, Node n, FontMetrics fm) {
int x = (int)n.x;
int y = (int)n.y;
g.setColor((n == pick) ? selectColor : (n.fixed ? fixedColor : nodeColor));
int w = fm.stringWidth(n.lbl) + 10;
int h = fm.getHeight() + 4;
g.fillRect(x - w/2, y - h / 2, w, h);
g.setColor(Color.black);
g.drawRect(x - w/2, y - h / 2, w-1, h-1);
String doit = n.lbl.replace('x','/');
g.drawString(doit, x - (w-10)/2, (y - (h-4)/2) + fm.getAscent());
} // epa
public synchronized void update(Graphics g) {
Dimension d = size();
if ((offscreen == null) || (d.width != offscreensize.width) || (d.height != offscreensize.height)) {
offscreen = createImage(d.width, d.height);
offscreensize = d;
offgraphics = offscreen.getGraphics();
offgraphics.setFont(getFont());
offgraphics.setColor(getBackground());
offgraphics.fillRect(0, 0, d.width, d.height);
for (int i = 0 ; i < nedges ; i++) {
Edge e = edges;
int x1 = (int)nodes[e.from].x;
int y1 = (int)nodes[e.from].y;
int x2 = (int)nodes[e.to].x;
int y2 = (int)nodes[e.to].y;
int len = (int)Math.abs(Math.sqrt((x1-x2)*(x1-x2) + (y1-y2)*(y1-y2)) - e.len);
offgraphics.setColor((len < 10) ? arcColor1 : (len < 20 ? arcColor2 : arcColor3)) ;
offgraphics.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2);
if (showit) {
String lbl = String.valueOf(len);
offgraphics.setColor(showitColor);
offgraphics.drawString("href= http://localhost:"+lbl, x1 + (x2-x1)/2, y1 + (y2-y1)/2);
offgraphics.setColor(edgeColor);
} //ef5
FontMetrics fm = offgraphics.getFontMetrics();
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
paintNode( offgraphics, nodes, fm); //or
g.drawImage(offscreen, 0, 0, null);
public synchronized boolean mouseDown(Event evt, int x, int y) {
double bestdist = Double.MAX_VALUE;
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
Node n = nodes;
double dist = (n.x - x) * (n.x - x) + (n.y - y) * (n.y - y);
if (dist < bestdist) {
pick = n;
bestdist = dist;
pickfixed = pick.fixed;
pick.fixed = true;
pick.x = x;
pick.y = y;
repaint();
return true;
public synchronized boolean mouseDrag(Event evt, int x, int y) {
pick.x = x;
pick.y = y;
repaint();
return true;
} //e-pubsyncmousedrag
public synchronized boolean mouseUp(Event evt, int x, int y) {
pick.x = x;
pick.y = y;
pick.fixed = pickfixed;
pick = null;
repaint();
return true;
public void start() {
relaxer = new Thread(this);
relaxer.start();
public void stop() {
relaxer.stop();
public class Box extends Applet {
GraphPanel panel;
public void init() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
panel = new GraphPanel(this);
add("Center", panel);
Panel p = new Panel();
add("South", p);
p.add(new Button("Reposition"));
p.add(new Button("NewUrl"));
p.add(new Checkbox("Showit"));
String edges = getParameter("edges"); // putinli
for (StringTokenizer t = new StringTokenizer(edges, ",") ; t.hasMoreTokens() ; ) {
String str = t.nextToken();
int i = str.indexOf('-');
if (i > 0) { int len = 50;
int j = str.indexOf('/');
if (j > 0) {
len = Integer.valueOf(str.substring(j+1)).intValue();
str = str.substring(0, j);
panel.addEdge(str.substring(0,i), str.substring(i+1), len);
} //ef8
Dimension d = size();
String center = getParameter("center");
if (center != null){
Node n = panel.nodes[panel.findNode(center)];
n.x = d.width / 2;
n.y = d.height / 2;
n.fixed = true;
} // eif
} // ep
public void start() {
panel.start();
public void stop() {
panel.stop();
public boolean action(Event evt, Object arg) {
if (arg instanceof Boolean) {
if (((Checkbox)evt.target).getLabel().equals("Showit")) {
panel.showit = ((Boolean)arg).booleanValue();
}// e-
else {
panel.random = ((Boolean)arg).booleanValue();
return true;
} // e-if instof bool
if ("Reposition".equals(arg)) {
Dimension d = size();
for (int i = 0 ; i < panel.nnodes ; i++) {
Node n = panel.nodes;
if (!n.fixed) {
n.x = 10 + (d.width-20)*Math.random();
n.y = 10 + (d.height-20)*Math.random();
} //ei
} //ef9
return true;
} //eif scram
if ("NewUrl".equals(arg)) {
Dimension d = size();
URL url = getCodeBase();
try {
getAppletContext().showDocument( new URL(url+"main.htm"), "_blank" );
try {
Thread.sleep(1000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) { }
} catch(MalformedURLException e) {
showStatus("814 URL not found");
for (int i = 0 ; i < panel.nnodes ; i++) {
Node n = panel.nodes;
if (!n.fixed) {
n.x += (80*0.02) - 40;
n.y += (80*0.02) - 40;
return true;
} //ei
return false;
-----------------------htm file to launch------------------------------
<html>
<head>
<title>R
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>
<center>
R
</center>
</h3>
I
<b>
</b>
<table border = 1>
<td>De<td>Test List<tr>
<td>N <td><tr>
<td>N <td><tr>
</table>
<b>view </b>
<applet code="Box.class" CODEBASE=. width=1000 height=600
ALT="Test ">
<param name=edges value="http:xxabc.htm-http:xxnet.htm,http:xxthis.htm-http:xx.comet.htm,http:xxnewsighting.htm-http:xxstar.htm,http:xxmoon.htm-http:xxNeptune.htm">
<hr>
</applet>
</b>
<p>
<table border = 1>
<tr>
<tr>
</table>
</html>
</body>
instructions to compile :
0 : The discussion becomes easy to follow after 1st compiling
& viewing the applet.
1. : cut out applet code.
2. : the post somehow deleted all references to "" <--- HERE
see, the data has been deleted again as I preview this post.
( that "" should contain an "i" array increment argument:
"open square bracket" "i" "close square bracket" ) array
so "javac Box.java" will get 10 errors. These "[" "i" "]"
array args must be replaced to compile the code.
3. : All array variables inside the 10 "for" loops ( the bare words
"edges" and "nodes" ) without array increment "i" should
read "edges" "[" "i" "]" & "nodes" "[" "i" "]".
The 10 location lines are approx:
line #65, #129, #136, #149, #195, #283, #311, #331, #477, #522
4. : These 10 edits reqresent a missing "i" to all 10 for loop arrays.
for eddges & nodes. fix this & javac Box.java" will get
4 class files.
5. : cut "Box.htm" from post & do "appletviewer Box.htm"
or put in an apache "htdoc" or tomcat "servlet" http delivered
directory & call "http://localhost/Box.htm.
6. : of course, selecting the event button "NewUrl" will not
work in appletviewer but will work in an http web location.
7. : post your questions to problem or fixes to problem as I'm
monitoring closely. TIA.Thanks for code post tip to fix array index deletion problem.
Here is code reposted using "code" delimiters which will
compile straight out of cut/paste.
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.awt.event.*;
class Node {
double x;
double y;
double dx;
double dy;
boolean fixed;
String lbl;
class Edge {
int from;
int to;
double len;
} // eEdgeCla
class GraphPanel extends Panel implements Runnable {
Box box;
int nnodes;
Node nodes[] = new Node[100];
int nedges;
Edge edges[] = new Edge[200];
Thread relaxer;
boolean showit;
boolean random;
GraphPanel(Box box) {
this.box = box;
} //ebox
int findNode(String lbl) {
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
//if (nodes.lbl.equals(lbl)) {
if (nodes.lbl.equals(lbl)) {
return i;
return addNode(lbl);
int addNode(String lbl) {
Node n = new Node();
n.x = 10 + 380*Math.random();
n.y = 10 + 380*Math.random();
n.lbl = lbl;
nodes[nnodes] = n;
return nnodes++;
void addEdge(String from, String to, int len) {
Edge e = new Edge();
e.from = findNode(from);
e.to = findNode(to);
e.len = len;
edges[nedges++] = e;
public void run() {
int i3=0;
while (true) {
relax();
if (random && (Math.random() < 0.03)) {
Node n = nodes[(int) (1 * nnodes) ]; // no
if (!n.fixed) {
n.x += (100*0.02) - 50;
n.y += (100*0.02) - 50; //
try {
Thread.sleep(4000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
break;
i3++;
} //ew
} // epublrun()
synchronized void relax() {
for (int i = 0 ; i < nedges ; i++) {
//Edge e = edges;
Edge e = edges[i];
double vx = nodes[e.to].x - nodes[e.from].x;
double vy = nodes[e.to].y - nodes[e.from].y;
double len = Math.sqrt(vx * vx + vy * vy);
//double f = (edges.len - len) / (len * 3) ;
double f = (edges[i].len - len) / (len * 3) ;
double dx = f * vx;
double dy = f * vy;
nodes[e.to].dx += dx;
nodes[e.to].dy += dy;
nodes[e.from].dx += -dx;
nodes[e.from].dy += -dy;
} //efo
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
//Node n1 = nodes[i];
Node n1 = nodes[i];
double dx = 0;
double dy = 0;
for (int j = 0 ; j < nnodes ; j++) {
if (i == j) {
continue;
Node n2 = nodes[j];
double vx = n1.x - n2.x;
double vy = n1.y - n2.y;
double len = vx * vx + vy * vy;
if (len == 0) {
dx += 0.02;
dy += 0.02;
} else if (len < 100*100) {
dx += vx / len;
dy += vy / len;
} //ef3a
double dlen = dx * dx + dy * dy;
if (dlen > 0) {
dlen = Math.sqrt(dlen) / 2;
n1.dx += dx / dlen;
n1.dy += dy / dlen;
} //ef3
Dimension d = size();
// f4
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
//Node n = nodes;
Node n = nodes[i];
if (!n.fixed) {
n.x += Math.max(-5, Math.min(5, n.dx));
n.y += Math.max(-5, Math.min(5, n.dy));
if (n.x < 0) {
n.x = 0;
} else if (n.x > d.width) {
n.x = d.width;
if (n.y < 0) {
n.y = 0;
} else if (n.y > d.height) {
n.y = d.height;
n.dx /= 2;
n.dy /= 2;
repaint();
Node pick;
boolean pickfixed;
Image offscreen;
Dimension offscreensize;
Graphics offgraphics;
final Color fixedColor = Color.green;
final Color selectColor = Color.gray;
final Color edgeColor = Color.black;
final Color nodeColor = new Color(200, 90, 50);
final Color showitColor = Color.gray;
final Color arcColor1 = Color.black;
final Color arcColor2 = Color.orange;
final Color arcColor3 = Color.blue;
public void paintNode( Graphics g, Node n, FontMetrics fm) {
int x = (int)n.x;
int y = (int)n.y;
g.setColor((n == pick) ? selectColor : (n.fixed ? fixedColor : nodeColor));
int w = fm.stringWidth(n.lbl) + 10;
int h = fm.getHeight() + 4;
g.fillRect(x - w/2, y - h / 2, w, h);
g.setColor(Color.black);
g.drawRect(x - w/2, y - h / 2, w-1, h-1);
String doit = n.lbl.replace('x','/');
g.drawString(doit, x - (w-10)/2, (y - (h-4)/2) + fm.getAscent());
} // epa
public synchronized void update(Graphics g) {
Dimension d = size();
if ((offscreen == null) || (d.width != offscreensize.width) || (d.height != offscreensize.height)) {
offscreen = createImage(d.width, d.height);
offscreensize = d;
offgraphics = offscreen.getGraphics();
offgraphics.setFont(getFont());
offgraphics.setColor(getBackground());
offgraphics.fillRect(0, 0, d.width, d.height);
for (int i = 0 ; i < nedges ; i++) {
//Edge e = edges;
Edge e = edges[i];
int x1 = (int)nodes[e.from].x;
int y1 = (int)nodes[e.from].y;
int x2 = (int)nodes[e.to].x;
int y2 = (int)nodes[e.to].y;
int len = (int)Math.abs(Math.sqrt((x1-x2)*(x1-x2) + (y1-y2)*(y1-y2)) - e.len);
offgraphics.setColor((len < 10) ? arcColor1 : (len < 20 ? arcColor2 : arcColor3)) ;
offgraphics.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2);
if (showit) {
String lbl = String.valueOf(len);
offgraphics.setColor(showitColor);
offgraphics.drawString("href= http://localhost:"+lbl, x1 + (x2-x1)/2, y1 + (y2-y1)/2);
offgraphics.setColor(edgeColor);
} //ef5
FontMetrics fm = offgraphics.getFontMetrics();
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
//paintNode( offgraphics, nodes, fm); //or
paintNode( offgraphics, nodes[i], fm); //or
g.drawImage(offscreen, 0, 0, null);
public synchronized boolean mouseDown(Event evt, int x, int y) {
double bestdist = Double.MAX_VALUE;
for (int i = 0 ; i < nnodes ; i++) {
//Node n = nodes;
Node n = nodes[i];
double dist = (n.x - x) * (n.x - x) + (n.y - y) * (n.y - y);
if (dist < bestdist) {
pick = n;
bestdist = dist;
pickfixed = pick.fixed;
pick.fixed = true;
pick.x = x;
pick.y = y;
repaint();
return true;
public synchronized boolean mouseDrag(Event evt, int x, int y) {
pick.x = x;
pick.y = y;
repaint();
return true;
} //e-pubsyncmousedrag
public synchronized boolean mouseUp(Event evt, int x, int y) {
pick.x = x;
pick.y = y;
pick.fixed = pickfixed;
pick = null;
repaint();
return true;
public void start() {
relaxer = new Thread(this);
relaxer.start();
public void stop() {
relaxer.stop();
public class Box extends Applet {
GraphPanel panel;
public void init() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
panel = new GraphPanel(this);
add("Center", panel);
Panel p = new Panel();
add("South", p);
p.add(new Button("Reposition"));
p.add(new Button("NewUrl"));
p.add(new Checkbox("Showit"));
String edges = getParameter("edges"); // putinli
for (StringTokenizer t = new StringTokenizer(edges, ",") ; t.hasMoreTokens() ; ) {
String str = t.nextToken();
int i = str.indexOf('-');
if (i > 0) { int len = 50;
int j = str.indexOf('/');
if (j > 0) {
len = Integer.valueOf(str.substring(j+1)).intValue();
str = str.substring(0, j);
panel.addEdge(str.substring(0,i), str.substring(i+1), len);
} //ef8
Dimension d = size();
String center = getParameter("center");
if (center != null){
Node n = panel.nodes[panel.findNode(center)];
n.x = d.width / 2;
n.y = d.height / 2;
n.fixed = true;
} // eif
} // ep
public void start() {
panel.start();
public void stop() {
panel.stop();
public boolean action(Event evt, Object arg) {
if (arg instanceof Boolean) {
if (((Checkbox)evt.target).getLabel().equals("Showit")) {
panel.showit = ((Boolean)arg).booleanValue();
}// e-
else {
panel.random = ((Boolean)arg).booleanValue();
return true;
} // e-if instof bool
if ("Reposition".equals(arg)) {
Dimension d = size();
for (int i = 0 ; i < panel.nnodes ; i++) {
//Node n = panel.nodes;
Node n = panel.nodes[i];
if (!n.fixed) {
n.x = 10 + (d.width-20)*Math.random();
n.y = 10 + (d.height-20)*Math.random();
} //ei
} //ef9
return true;
} //eif scram
if ("NewUrl".equals(arg)) {
Dimension d = size();
URL url = getCodeBase();
try {
getAppletContext().showDocument( new URL(url+"main.htm"), "_blank" );
try {
Thread.sleep(1000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) { }
} catch(MalformedURLException e) {
showStatus("814 URL not found");
for (int i = 0 ; i < panel.nnodes ; i++) {
//Node n = panel.nodes;
Node n = panel.nodes[i];
if (!n.fixed) {
n.x += (80*0.02) - 40;
n.y += (80*0.02) - 40;
return true;
} //ei
return false; -
Spry menu hover: How to get rid of white box with "false"?
Hi--
I'm encountering an IE issue with a Spry vertical menu bar. When the user hovers over the submenu, white frames appear behind the submenu with the word "false" in them. Of course this doesn't happen in Safari or Firefox.
I was able to fix other similar problems with the menu by following tips posted on another forum. Namely, in the CSS, I disabled an IE hack that caused a white background to appear (menu background has to be transparent on this site). And in the JS, I disabled the following: this.removeIframeLayer(menu);
Here's the URL: http://www.qic-ec.org
Below are the css (1) and js (2).
Any help would be DEEPLY appreciated.
Thank you
Jackie
CSS:
@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBarVertical.css - Revision: Spry Preview Release 1.4 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order
/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, a fixed width box with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarVertical
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
cursor: default;
width: 6.2em;
/* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html */
ul.MenuBarActive
z-index: 1000;
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical li
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
position: relative;
text-align: left;
cursor: pointer;
width: 6.2em;
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1020;
cursor: default;
width: 6.2em;
left: -1000em;
top: 0;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
left: 0;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul li
width: 3em;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Outermost menu container has borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarVertical
border: 0px solid #CCC;
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
border: 0px solid #CCC;
/* Menu items are a transparent block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarVertical a
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
color: #502977;
text-decoration: none;
border-bottom: 1px dotted #A88FC7;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a transparent background and light purple text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a:hover, ul.MenuBarVertical a:focus
color: #A88FC7;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a transparent background and light purple text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
color: #A88FC7;
ul.MenuBarVertical ul li a
border: 0px;
color: #006600;
SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert
/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
/*ul.MenuBarVertical iframe
position: absolute;
z-index: 1010;
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
/* ul.MenuBarVertical li.MenuBarItemIE
display: inline;
f\loat: left;
background: #fff;
JS:
/* SpryMenuBar.js - Revision: Spry Preview Release 1.4 */
// Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated.
// All rights reserved.
// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
// * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
// this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
// * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
// this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
// and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
// * Neither the name of Adobe Systems Incorporated nor the names of its
// contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
// software without specific prior written permission.
// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
// AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
// IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
// ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
// LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
// CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
// SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
// INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
// CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
// ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
// POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
SpryMenuBar.js
This file handles the JavaScript for Spry Menu Bar. You should have no need
to edit this file. Some highlights of the MenuBar object is that timers are
used to keep submenus from showing up until the user has hovered over the parent
menu item for some time, as well as a timer for when they leave a submenu to keep
showing that submenu until the timer fires.
var Spry;
if(!Spry)
Spry = {};
if(!Spry.Widget)
Spry.Widget = {};
// Constructor for Menu Bar
// element should be an ID of an unordered list (<ul> tag)
// preloadImage1 and preloadImage2 are images for the rollover state of a menu
Spry.Widget.MenuBar = function(element, opts)
this.init(element, opts);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.init = function(element, opts)
this.element = this.getElement(element);
// represents the current (sub)menu we are operating on
this.currMenu = null;
var isie = (typeof document.all != 'undefined' && typeof window.opera == 'undefined' && navigator.vendor != 'KDE');
if(typeof document.getElementById == 'undefined' || (navigator.vendor == 'Apple Computer, Inc.' && typeof window.XMLHttpRequest == 'undefined') || (isie && typeof document.uniqueID == 'undefined'))
// bail on older unsupported browsers
return;
// load hover images now
if(opts)
for(var k in opts)
var rollover = new Image;
rollover.src = opts[k];
if(this.element)
this.currMenu = this.element;
var items = this.element.getElementsByTagName('li');
for(var i=0; i<items.length; i++)
this.initialize(items[i], element, isie);
if(isie)
this.addClassName(items[i], "MenuBarItemIE");
items[i].style.position = "static";
if(isie)
if(this.hasClassName(this.element, "MenuBarVertical"))
this.element.style.position = "relative";
var linkitems = this.element.getElementsByTagName('a');
for(var i=0; i<linkitems.length; i++)
linkitems[i].style.position = "relative";
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.getElement = function(ele)
if (ele && typeof ele == "string")
return document.getElementById(ele);
return ele;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.hasClassName = function(ele, className)
if (!ele || !className || !ele.className || ele.className.search(new RegExp("\\b" + className + "\\b")) == -1)
return false;
return true;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.addClassName = function(ele, className)
if (!ele || !className || this.hasClassName(ele, className))
return;
ele.className += (ele.className ? " " : "") + className;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.removeClassName = function(ele, className)
if (!ele || !className || !this.hasClassName(ele, className))
return;
ele.className = ele.className.replace(new RegExp("\\s*\\b" + className + "\\b", "g"), "");
// addEventListener for Menu Bar
// attach an event to a tag without creating obtrusive HTML code
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.addEventListener = function(element, eventType, handler, capture)
try
if (element.addEventListener)
element.addEventListener(eventType, handler, capture);
else if (element.attachEvent)
element.attachEvent('on' + eventType, handler);
catch (e) {}
// createIframeLayer for Menu Bar
// creates an IFRAME underneath a menu so that it will show above form controls and ActiveX
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.createIframeLayer = function(menu)
var layer = document.createElement('iframe');
layer.tabIndex = '-1';
layer.src = 'javascript:false;';
menu.parentNode.appendChild(layer);
layer.style.left = menu.offsetLeft + 'px';
layer.style.top = menu.offsetTop + 'px';
layer.style.width = menu.offsetWidth + 'px';
layer.style.height = menu.offsetHeight + 'px';
// removeIframeLayer for Menu Bar
// removes an IFRAME underneath a menu to reveal any form controls and ActiveX
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.removeIframeLayer = function(menu)
var layers = menu.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('iframe');
while(layers.length > 0)
layers[0].parentNode.removeChild(layers[0]);
// clearMenus for Menu Bar
// root is the top level unordered list (<ul> tag)
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.clearMenus = function(root)
var menus = root.getElementsByTagName('ul');
for(var i=0; i<menus.length; i++)
this.hideSubmenu(menus[i]);
this.removeClassName(this.element, "MenuBarActive");
// bubbledTextEvent for Menu Bar
// identify bubbled up text events in Safari so we can ignore them
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.bubbledTextEvent = function()
return (navigator.vendor == 'Apple Computer, Inc.' && (event.target == event.relatedTarget.parentNode || (event.eventPhase == 3 && event.target.parentNode == event.relatedTarget)));
// showSubmenu for Menu Bar
// set the proper CSS class on this menu to show it
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.showSubmenu = function(menu)
if(this.currMenu)
this.clearMenus(this.currMenu);
this.currMenu = null;
if(menu)
this.addClassName(menu, "MenuBarSubmenuVisible");
if(typeof document.all != 'undefined' && typeof window.opera == 'undefined' && navigator.vendor != 'KDE')
if(!this.hasClassName(this.element, "MenuBarHorizontal") || menu.parentNode.parentNode != this.element)
menu.style.top = menu.parentNode.offsetTop + 'px';
if(typeof document.uniqueID != "undefined")
this.createIframeLayer(menu);
this.addClassName(this.element, "MenuBarActive");
// hideSubmenu for Menu Bar
// remove the proper CSS class on this menu to hide it
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.hideSubmenu = function(menu)
if(menu)
this.removeClassName(menu, "MenuBarSubmenuVisible");
if(typeof document.all != 'undefined' && typeof window.opera == 'undefined' && navigator.vendor != 'KDE')
menu.style.top = '';
menu.style.left = '';
// this.removeIframeLayer(menu);
// initialize for Menu Bar
// create event listeners for the Menu Bar widget so we can properly
// show and hide submenus
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.initialize = function(listitem, element, isie)
var opentime, closetime;
var link = listitem.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
var submenus = listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul');
var menu = (submenus.length > 0 ? submenus[0] : null);
var hasSubMenu = false;
if(menu)
this.addClassName(link, "MenuBarItemSubmenu");
hasSubMenu = true;
if(!isie)
// define a simple function that comes standard in IE to determine
// if a node is within another node
listitem.contains = function(testNode)
// this refers to the list item
if(testNode == null)
return false;
if(testNode == this)
return true;
else
return this.contains(testNode.parentNode);
// need to save this for scope further down
var self = this;
this.addEventListener(listitem, 'mouseover', function(e)
if(self.bubbledTextEvent())
// ignore bubbled text events
return;
clearTimeout(closetime);
if(self.currMenu == listitem)
self.currMenu = null;
// show menu highlighting
self.addClassName(link, hasSubMenu ? "MenuBarItemSubmenuHover" : "MenuBarItemHover");
if(menu && !self.hasClassName(menu, "MenuBarSubmenuVisible"))
opentime = window.setTimeout(function(){self.showSubmenu(menu);}, 250);
}, false);
this.addEventListener(listitem, 'mouseout', function(e)
if(self.bubbledTextEvent())
// ignore bubbled text events
return;
var related = (typeof e.relatedTarget != 'undefined' ? e.relatedTarget : e.toElement);
if(!listitem.contains(related))
clearTimeout(opentime);
self.currMenu = listitem;
// remove menu highlighting
self.removeClassName(link, hasSubMenu ? "MenuBarItemSubmenuHover" : "MenuBarItemHover");
if(menu)
closetime = window.setTimeout(function(){self.hideSubmenu(menu);}, 600);
}, false);Do you have any suggestions for how to adjust the JS so that the menu functions properly in IE? As I said, I upgraded to Spry 1.6.1 and uploaded the new CSS and JS and the problem is still there. The CSS is the same as in the previous version. The new JS is:
// SpryMenuBar.js - version 0.12 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1
var Spry; if (!Spry) Spry = {}; if (!Spry.Widget) Spry.Widget = {};
Spry.BrowserSniff = function()
var b = navigator.appName.toString();
var up = navigator.platform.toString();
var ua = navigator.userAgent.toString();
this.mozilla = this.ie = this.opera = this.safari = false;
var re_opera = /Opera.([0-9\.]*)/i;
var re_msie = /MSIE.([0-9\.]*)/i;
var re_gecko = /gecko/i;
var re_safari = /(applewebkit|safari)\/([\d\.]*)/i;
var r = false;
if ( (r = ua.match(re_opera))) {
this.opera = true;
this.version = parseFloat(r[1]);
} else if ( (r = ua.match(re_msie))) {
this.ie = true;
this.version = parseFloat(r[1]);
} else if ( (r = ua.match(re_safari))) {
this.safari = true;
this.version = parseFloat(r[2]);
} else if (ua.match(re_gecko)) {
var re_gecko_version = /rv:\s*([0-9\.]+)/i;
r = ua.match(re_gecko_version);
this.mozilla = true;
this.version = parseFloat(r[1]);
this.windows = this.mac = this.linux = false;
this.Platform = ua.match(/windows/i) ? "windows" :
(ua.match(/linux/i) ? "linux" :
(ua.match(/mac/i) ? "mac" :
ua.match(/unix/i)? "unix" : "unknown"));
this[this.Platform] = true;
this.v = this.version;
if (this.safari && this.mac && this.mozilla) {
this.mozilla = false;
Spry.is = new Spry.BrowserSniff();
// Constructor for Menu Bar
// element should be an ID of an unordered list (<ul> tag)
// preloadImage1 and preloadImage2 are images for the rollover state of a menu
Spry.Widget.MenuBar = function(element, opts)
this.init(element, opts);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.init = function(element, opts)
this.element = this.getElement(element);
// represents the current (sub)menu we are operating on
this.currMenu = null;
this.showDelay = 250;
this.hideDelay = 600;
if(typeof document.getElementById == 'undefined' || (navigator.vendor == 'Apple Computer, Inc.' && typeof window.XMLHttpRequest == 'undefined') || (Spry.is.ie && typeof document.uniqueID == 'undefined'))
// bail on older unsupported browsers
return;
// Fix IE6 CSS images flicker
if (Spry.is.ie && Spry.is.version < 7){
try {
document.execCommand("BackgroundImageCache", false, true);
} catch(err) {}
this.upKeyCode = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_UP;
this.downKeyCode = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_DOWN;
this.leftKeyCode = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_LEFT;
this.rightKeyCode = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_RIGHT;
this.escKeyCode = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_ESC;
this.hoverClass = 'MenuBarItemHover';
this.subHoverClass = 'MenuBarItemSubmenuHover';
this.subVisibleClass ='MenuBarSubmenuVisible';
this.hasSubClass = 'MenuBarItemSubmenu';
this.activeClass = 'MenuBarActive';
this.isieClass = 'MenuBarItemIE';
this.verticalClass = 'MenuBarVertical';
this.horizontalClass = 'MenuBarHorizontal';
this.enableKeyboardNavigation = true;
this.hasFocus = false;
// load hover images now
if(opts)
for(var k in opts)
if (typeof this[k] == 'undefined')
var rollover = new Image;
rollover.src = opts[k];
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.setOptions(this, opts);
// safari doesn't support tabindex
if (Spry.is.safari)
this.enableKeyboardNavigation = false;
if(this.element)
this.currMenu = this.element;
var items = this.element.getElementsByTagName('li');
for(var i=0; i<items.length; i++)
if (i > 0 && this.enableKeyboardNavigation)
items[i].getElementsByTagName('a')[0].tabIndex='-1';
this.initialize(items[i], element);
if(Spry.is.ie)
this.addClassName(items[i], this.isieClass);
items[i].style.position = "static";
if (this.enableKeyboardNavigation)
var self = this;
this.addEventListener(document, 'keydown', function(e){self.keyDown(e); }, false);
if(Spry.is.ie)
if(this.hasClassName(this.element, this.verticalClass))
this.element.style.position = "relative";
var linkitems = this.element.getElementsByTagName('a');
for(var i=0; i<linkitems.length; i++)
linkitems[i].style.position = "relative";
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_ESC = 27;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_UP = 38;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_DOWN = 40;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_LEFT = 37;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_RIGHT = 39;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.getElement = function(ele)
if (ele && typeof ele == "string")
return document.getElementById(ele);
return ele;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.hasClassName = function(ele, className)
if (!ele || !className || !ele.className || ele.className.search(new RegExp("\\b" + className + "\\b")) == -1)
return false;
return true;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.addClassName = function(ele, className)
if (!ele || !className || this.hasClassName(ele, className))
return;
ele.className += (ele.className ? " " : "") + className;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.removeClassName = function(ele, className)
if (!ele || !className || !this.hasClassName(ele, className))
return;
ele.className = ele.className.replace(new RegExp("\\s*\\b" + className + "\\b", "g"), "");
// addEventListener for Menu Bar
// attach an event to a tag without creating obtrusive HTML code
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.addEventListener = function(element, eventType, handler, capture)
try
if (element.addEventListener)
element.addEventListener(eventType, handler, capture);
else if (element.attachEvent)
element.attachEvent('on' + eventType, handler);
catch (e) {}
// createIframeLayer for Menu Bar
// creates an IFRAME underneath a menu so that it will show above form controls and ActiveX
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.createIframeLayer = function(menu)
var layer = document.createElement('iframe');
layer.tabIndex = '-1';
layer.src = 'javascript:""';
layer.frameBorder = '0';
layer.scrolling = 'no';
menu.parentNode.appendChild(layer);
layer.style.left = menu.offsetLeft + 'px';
layer.style.top = menu.offsetTop + 'px';
layer.style.width = menu.offsetWidth + 'px';
layer.style.height = menu.offsetHeight + 'px';
// removeIframeLayer for Menu Bar
// removes an IFRAME underneath a menu to reveal any form controls and ActiveX
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.removeIframeLayer = function(menu)
var layers = ((menu == this.element) ? menu : menu.parentNode).getElementsByTagName('iframe');
while(layers.length > 0)
layers[0].parentNode.removeChild(layers[0]);
// clearMenus for Menu Bar
// root is the top level unordered list (<ul> tag)
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.clearMenus = function(root)
var menus = root.getElementsByTagName('ul');
for(var i=0; i<menus.length; i++)
this.hideSubmenu(menus[i]);
this.removeClassName(this.element, this.activeClass);
// bubbledTextEvent for Menu Bar
// identify bubbled up text events in Safari so we can ignore them
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.bubbledTextEvent = function()
return Spry.is.safari && (event.target == event.relatedTarget.parentNode || (event.eventPhase == 3 && event.target.parentNode == event.relatedTarget));
// showSubmenu for Menu Bar
// set the proper CSS class on this menu to show it
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.showSubmenu = function(menu)
if(this.currMenu)
this.clearMenus(this.currMenu);
this.currMenu = null;
if(menu)
this.addClassName(menu, this.subVisibleClass);
if(typeof document.all != 'undefined' && !Spry.is.opera && navigator.vendor != 'KDE')
if(!this.hasClassName(this.element, this.horizontalClass) || menu.parentNode.parentNode != this.element)
menu.style.top = menu.parentNode.offsetTop + 'px';
if(Spry.is.ie && Spry.is.version < 7)
this.createIframeLayer(menu);
this.addClassName(this.element, this.activeClass);
// hideSubmenu for Menu Bar
// remove the proper CSS class on this menu to hide it
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.hideSubmenu = function(menu)
if(menu)
this.removeClassName(menu, this.subVisibleClass);
if(typeof document.all != 'undefined' && !Spry.is.opera && navigator.vendor != 'KDE')
menu.style.top = '';
menu.style.left = '';
if(Spry.is.ie && Spry.is.version < 7)
this.removeIframeLayer(menu);
// initialize for Menu Bar
// create event listeners for the Menu Bar widget so we can properly
// show and hide submenus
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.initialize = function(listitem, element)
var opentime, closetime;
var link = listitem.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
var submenus = listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul');
var menu = (submenus.length > 0 ? submenus[0] : null);
if(menu)
this.addClassName(link, this.hasSubClass);
if(!Spry.is.ie)
// define a simple function that comes standard in IE to determine
// if a node is within another node
listitem.contains = function(testNode)
// this refers to the list item
if(testNode == null)
return false;
if(testNode == this)
return true;
else
return this.contains(testNode.parentNode);
// need to save this for scope further down
var self = this;
this.addEventListener(listitem, 'mouseover', function(e){self.mouseOver(listitem, e);}, false);
this.addEventListener(listitem, 'mouseout', function(e){if (self.enableKeyboardNavigation) self.clearSelection(); self.mouseOut(listitem, e);}, false);
if (this.enableKeyboardNavigation)
this.addEventListener(link, 'blur', function(e){self.onBlur(listitem);}, false);
this.addEventListener(link, 'focus', function(e){self.keyFocus(listitem, e);}, false);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.keyFocus = function (listitem, e)
this.lastOpen = listitem.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
this.addClassName(this.lastOpen, listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul').length > 0 ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
this.hasFocus = true;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.onBlur = function (listitem)
this.clearSelection(listitem);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.clearSelection = function(el){
//search any intersection with the current open element
if (!this.lastOpen)
return;
if (el)
el = el.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
// check children
var item = this.lastOpen;
while (item != this.element)
var tmp = el;
while (tmp != this.element)
if (tmp == item)
return;
try{
tmp = tmp.parentNode;
}catch(err){break;}
item = item.parentNode;
var item = this.lastOpen;
while (item != this.element)
this.hideSubmenu(item.parentNode);
var link = item.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
this.removeClassName(link, this.hoverClass);
this.removeClassName(link, this.subHoverClass);
item = item.parentNode;
this.lastOpen = false;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.keyDown = function (e)
if (!this.hasFocus)
return;
if (!this.lastOpen)
this.hasFocus = false;
return;
var e = e|| event;
var listitem = this.lastOpen.parentNode;
var link = this.lastOpen;
var submenus = listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul');
var menu = (submenus.length > 0 ? submenus[0] : null);
var hasSubMenu = (menu) ? true : false;
var opts = [listitem, menu, null, this.getSibling(listitem, 'previousSibling'), this.getSibling(listitem, 'nextSibling')];
if (!opts[3])
opts[2] = (listitem.parentNode.parentNode.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'li')?listitem.parentNode.parentNode:null;
var found = 0;
switch (e.keyCode){
case this.upKeyCode:
found = this.getElementForKey(opts, 'y', 1);
break;
case this.downKeyCode:
found = this.getElementForKey(opts, 'y', -1);
break;
case this.leftKeyCode:
found = this.getElementForKey(opts, 'x', 1);
break;
case this.rightKeyCode:
found = this.getElementForKey(opts, 'x', -1);
break;
case this.escKeyCode:
case 9:
this.clearSelection();
this.hasFocus = false;
default: return;
switch (found)
case 0: return;
case 1:
//subopts
this.mouseOver(listitem, e);
break;
case 2:
//parent
this.mouseOut(opts[2], e);
break;
case 3:
case 4:
// left - right
this.removeClassName(link, hasSubMenu ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
break;
var link = opts[found].getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
if (opts[found].nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'ul')
opts[found] = opts[found].getElementsByTagName('li')[0];
this.addClassName(link, opts[found].getElementsByTagName('ul').length > 0 ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
this.lastOpen = link;
opts[found].getElementsByTagName('a')[0].focus();
//stop further event handling by the browser
return Spry.Widget.MenuBar.stopPropagation(e);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.mouseOver = function (listitem, e)
var link = listitem.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
var submenus = listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul');
var menu = (submenus.length > 0 ? submenus[0] : null);
var hasSubMenu = (menu) ? true : false;
if (this.enableKeyboardNavigation)
this.clearSelection(listitem);
if(this.bubbledTextEvent())
// ignore bubbled text events
return;
if (listitem.closetime)
clearTimeout(listitem.closetime);
if(this.currMenu == listitem)
this.currMenu = null;
// move the focus too
if (this.hasFocus)
link.focus();
// show menu highlighting
this.addClassName(link, hasSubMenu ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
this.lastOpen = link;
if(menu && !this.hasClassName(menu, this.subHoverClass))
var self = this;
listitem.opentime = window.setTimeout(function(){self.showSubmenu(menu);}, this.showDelay);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.mouseOut = function (listitem, e)
var link = listitem.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
var submenus = listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul');
var menu = (submenus.length > 0 ? submenus[0] : null);
var hasSubMenu = (menu) ? true : false;
if(this.bubbledTextEvent())
// ignore bubbled text events
return;
var related = (typeof e.relatedTarget != 'undefined' ? e.relatedTarget : e.toElement);
if(!listitem.contains(related))
if (listitem.opentime)
clearTimeout(listitem.opentime);
this.currMenu = listitem;
// remove menu highlighting
this.removeClassName(link, hasSubMenu ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
if(menu)
var self = this;
listitem.closetime = window.setTimeout(function(){self.hideSubmenu(menu);}, this.hideDelay);
if (this.hasFocus)
link.blur();
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.getSibling = function(element, sibling)
var child = element[sibling];
while (child && child.nodeName.toLowerCase() !='li')
child = child[sibling];
return child;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.getElementForKey = function(els, prop, dir)
var found = 0;
var rect = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getPosition;
var ref = rect(els[found]);
var hideSubmenu = false;
//make the subelement visible to compute the position
if (els[1] && !this.hasClassName(els[1], this.MenuBarSubmenuVisible))
els[1].style.visibility = 'hidden';
this.showSubmenu(els[1]);
hideSubmenu = true;
var isVert = this.hasClassName(this.element, this.verticalClass);
var hasParent = els[0].parentNode.parentNode.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'li' ? true : false;
for (var i = 1; i < els.length; i++){
//when navigating on the y axis in vertical menus, ignore children and parents
if(prop=='y' && isVert && (i==1 || i==2))
continue;
//when navigationg on the x axis in the FIRST LEVEL of horizontal menus, ignore children and parents
if(prop=='x' && !isVert && !hasParent && (i==1 || i==2))
continue;
if (els[i])
var tmp = rect(els[i]);
if ( (dir * tmp[prop]) < (dir * ref[prop]))
ref = tmp;
found = i;
// hide back the submenu
if (els[1] && hideSubmenu){
this.hideSubmenu(els[1]);
els[1].style.visibility = '';
return found;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.camelize = function(str)
if (str.indexOf('-') == -1){
return str;
var oStringList = str.split('-');
var isFirstEntry = true;
var camelizedString = '';
for(var i=0; i < oStringList.length; i++)
if(oStringList[i].length>0)
if(isFirstEntry)
camelizedString = oStringList[i];
isFirstEntry = false;
else
var s = oStringList[i];
camelizedString += s.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1);
return camelizedString;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getStyleProp = function(element, prop)
var value;
try
if (element.style)
value = element.style[Spry.Widget.MenuBar.camelize(prop)];
if (!value)
if (document.defaultView && document.defaultView.getComputedStyle)
var css = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(element, null);
value = css ? css.getPropertyValue(prop) : null;
else if (element.currentStyle)
value = element.currentStyle[Spry.Widget.MenuBar.camelize(prop)];
catch (e) {}
return value == 'auto' ? null : value;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getIntProp = function(element, prop)
var a = parseInt(Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getStyleProp(element, prop),10);
if (isNaN(a))
return 0;
return a;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getPosition = function(el, doc)
doc = doc || document;
if (typeof(el) == 'string') {
el = doc.getElementById(el);
if (!el) {
return false;
if (el.parentNode === null || Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getStyleProp(el, 'display') == 'none') {
//element must be visible to have a box
return false;
var ret = {x:0, y:0};
var parent = null;
var box;
if (el.getBoundingClientRect) { // IE
box = el.getBoundingClientRect();
var scrollTop = doc.documentElement.scrollTop || doc.body.scrollTop;
var scrollLeft = doc.documentElement.scrollLeft || doc.body.scrollLeft;
ret.x = box.left + scrollLeft;
ret.y = box.top + scrollTop;
} else if (doc.getBoxObjectFor) { // gecko
box = doc.getBoxObjectFor(el);
ret.x = box.x;
ret.y = box.y;
} else { // safari/opera
ret.x = el.offsetLeft;
ret.y = el.offsetTop;
parent = el.offsetParent;
if (parent != el) {
while (parent) {
ret.x += parent.offsetLeft;
ret.y += parent.offsetTop;
parent = parent.offsetParent;
// opera & (safari absolute) incorrectly account for body offsetTop
if (Spry.is.opera || Spry.is.safari && Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getStyleProp(el, 'position') == 'absolute')
ret.y -= doc.body.offsetTop;
if (el.parentNode)
parent = el.parentNode;
else
parent = null;
if (parent.nodeName){
var cas = parent.nodeName.toUpperCase();
while (parent && cas != 'BODY' && cas != 'HTML') {
cas = parent.nodeName.toUpperCase();
ret.x -= parent.scrollLeft;
ret.y -= parent.scrollTop;
if (parent.parentNode)
parent = parent.parentNode;
else
parent = null;
return ret;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.stopPropagation = function(ev)
if (ev.stopPropagation)
ev.stopPropagation();
else
ev.cancelBubble = true;
if (ev.preventDefault)
ev.preventDefault();
else
ev.returnValue = false;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.setOptions = function(obj, optionsObj, ignoreUndefinedProps)
if (!optionsObj)
return;
for (var optionName in optionsObj)
if (ignoreUndefinedProps && optionsObj[optionName] == undefined)
continue;
obj[optionName] = optionsObj[optionName]; -
Link Properties For A Single Floating Box
The tutorial that Nate Baldwin referred me to did not cut through my ignorance level on this subject, so I'll try this question phrased another way - more specifically.
If I want to change the link text color within only one single floating box, what do I do? I'm in GoLive 6.http://www.golivebasics.com/csstut/css07.html
If you know nothing about css start with page 1 from the menu on the left. -
I am creating a organizational chart with rollovers that
contain a picture and contact information. When I rollover a
person's area on the chart, their info pops up in a rollover box.
But since it is a org chart, the people's names need to be close
together so I end up getting someone's area in front of a rollover.
If I select move to front for the other rollover, then someone
elses info gets blocked. Is there a way to keep the rollovers on
top of the document and have the chart always behind the rollovers
so no one gets their info blocked?Don't use the show/hide at all. Use SetText of Layer to write
the required
content into a single layer.
Or - if you don't quite get that, just use PVII's AutoLayer
extension which
will show one and hide all the rest automatically.
http://www.projectseven.com/
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I have just migrated a site that I built in CS4 to Dreamweaver CS6. It has this (stupid) floating box that the client wants to be visable as the site is scrolled. It works fine when the browser window is full size, but the box just keeps scrolling till it's out of site when the browser window is made smaller. I was given the code to put this box into the site, so I have no idea why it no longer works in this situation when it worked before I did the monthly update in Dreamweaver CS6.
The site is not responsive, mostly because of this floatingbox and uses two navigation systems. The URL is www.fulcrumcwi.com and I am using version 12.0 in Dreamweaver CS6.
Any help with this would most certainly be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
NinaHave you ever used this with a responsive site?
I've used position:fixed headers & footers in responsive sites.
http://alt-web.com/TEST/HTML5-3-figures.html
I think the sticky text box would be too awkward in % width layouts. But you could try it and see. If it gets in the way on mobile devices, kill it in a CSS Media Query with display:none.
Nancy O. -
I am using Adobe GL ver. 6.0 and I just spent hours formatting an image map to show/hide 7 images in floating boxes. I even placed the images carefully so there was no interference with the mouse over on the map. When I preview the page in IE it works fine but with a warning about Active X controls. But when I upload the page to the hosted website it does not even show the hotspots on the image or any type of action. Did I just waste my time? Do I have to go out and buy Flash? Website is at the homepage for www.junglemistorchids.com and the image map is at the bottom of the page. Each orchid should display a larger image with a title. Please help!
To use and understand the .site file is very importent for using golive ... it is the heart and soule
when you begin a new website you have to start by making site/folder/projekt frome in GoLive
Start by taking a backup/copy of you websitefolder now .....
to start a website:
when you open GL you will be askd if you want to "new document" or "new folder" Chose "new document"
(If you already hase GL open, go to file>new document in the menu)
youll get this window:
Chose the site at the left menu and create site in the middel to start/create a new site.
Follow the instuctions in the wizzard (you dont have to specifi anny FPT yet but you can - leav blank if you want to do that later)
Golive now creat a folder on you computer (wher you chose to place it) and GL open you new site...
This is you site window ... ALWAYS work inside this / form this:
Its split in left and right... to the left is filewindow with your files for you webpages and to the right you see the server window wher if conected you can se the files on the server. The new site contains a index.html file and a css folder with a basic.css file (index.html and basic.css are blank) and GL is now ready to work in...
If you find the folder GL made for the site youll see it contains 3 folders and 3 files:
The importent ones are:
web-content folder contains all you pages, images, script and so for you site and are shown in the sitewindows leftside
And the New Site.site file (or what you chosen to name your site in the wizzard)
The .site file is the is the one that contains the site window in golive... it keeps track of all link/content/actions and so on you site... and when you want to work on the site you simple click this one.
When you work in the site window GL will know what you do and where the difrent things are, and if you move eg. a picture/file frome one place inside the window to another GL will know this and rewrite the corosponding URL's (les work for you)
When you ad adctions (funktions) to a page golive use its scriptLibery to make the scripts neede ... and place a "script" folder in the site:
That folder/file contains the scripts neede for the actions to work.. If you dont work in the sitewindow/file GL dont know where to place this and therfor the URL will point to GL's own folder and the script will only work local...
(You can in the prefrence chosae to write scripts in the document, but i wont recomend that)
When you ar done and want to upload you site to a server... right click in window and chose puplish server .. if you have not specifide a server youll be askd to.. else it will connect ...
Now you can right click in window and chose puplish server and chose how to upload you site and Gl will upload all the files with correct url's including the script folder (Before upload its a good ideer to rightclick and chose update>flatten scriptlibery to make the scriptLib smaller)
Hope this helps you understand the site file and importens of using this..
Now for getting you website to work corectly.... -
I saw the recent thread about problems with relative positioning. All of a sudden I'm insecure again. I have a page with 34 floating boxes (none nested, but many overlap) and their positions remain stable when my browser window is resized. No sleight of hand, just dragged boxes into position and filled with content (default settings in F.B. inspector). So I was feeling confident. Safari, Explorer, Aol all show the page as locked down, reacting to window re-sizing and scrolling just like any other conventional page design. Should I be worried? Is such a layout going to corrupt itself, or glitch-out, or crawl out from under my bed at night and bite my hand? I'm worried that I'm naive and missing something because of the complexity of that previous thread.
>I saw the recent thread about problems with relative positioning
There are no problems with relative positioning other than not understanding
how it works. There are many *more* problems with absolute positioning,
especially when text is placed in absolutely positioned elements.
> just like any other conventional page design. Should I be worried?
Yes. Resize your text in the browser and see what happens. Or better, post
a link to your page so we can see its code and anticipate problems for you.
Murray -
How do i control 2 text boxes with 1 scroll bar? (CS4)
I want to control 2 Dynamic Text boxs with the 1 scroll bar component? I want them to scroll simultaneously with the user only needing to use the one component. Thank you in advance for your help
The textfields should have the same number of lines. You can have the scrollbar (sb) assigned to one textfield (t1) and then have an event listener/handler for the scrollbar adjust the other textfield's (t2) scrollV property to match the first one's scrollV property:
import fl.events.ScrollEvent;
sb.addEventListener(ScrollEvent.SCROLL, adjustTs);
function adjustTs(evt:ScrollEvent):void {
t2.scrollV = t1.scrollV; -
why is it when i update my status on facebook from iphone it splits the updates into two differents boxes with some funky symbols at the beginning.. I have uninstall facebook and installed it over and it still does it. only the facebook IPHONE app where it says to update staus text to FBOOK i have already update my phone too.
if i go on the facebook site and update there through a brower on iphone it will work fine just cant us IPHONE mobile upload, . But its a pain of not using my IPHONE APP for facebook cause it does that.The warranty entitles you to complimentary phone support for the first 90 days of ownership.
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EDGE and HTML dynamic text in a "box" with scroll bar
I'm new to EDGE, a win7pro master collection cs5.5 suite owner. I'm mainly in the Film/Video post production field (mostly AE, PPro, Pshop, IA) but have been branching into web design the last couple of years. I use Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash. While I'm a expert user with all the Film/video apps, I would say I only have intermediate ability with the web apps. While I understand a lot of programing logic bulding blocks I'm not a coder.
So since we're told "flash is dead", my interest in Edge is to try to do some of the things that I can currently do in flash in EDGE. I was excited when Edge first came out but lost interest when it became obvious that Adobe was not going to offer Edge and Muse to "suite owners" but only in their force feeding of the "Cloud". Better known as the "golden goose" for adobe stockholders and a never ending perpetual hole in the pocket for users. Anyway....
I spent the last couple of days doing some of the tuts and messing with the UI. It's matured a lot since I was here last.
I've been working on a flash site for a sports team where one of the pages is a player profile page where college recuriters and other interested parties can view recuriting relavent info/stats about players. This is how it works. While on the "Team" page a users clicks on a button labled "Player Profiles" . (Animation) A "page" flies in and unfurls from the upper right corner (3d page flips effect created in AE played by flash as a frame SEQ). Once it lands filling most of the center of the screen there is a bright flash. As the brightness fades we see the "page" is a bordered box with a BG image of a ball field(End). (Animation) from behind the border in fly small pictures (player head shots with name and jersey number). They stream in and form a circle like a wagon train and the team logo zooms up from infinity to the center of the circle(End). As the user mouses over a player's pic it zooms up a little and gets brighter (like mouseover image nav thumbs for a image slider). If the user clicks on a player's head shot it flips over and scales up to become a text box with a scrollbar. The content of the box is a mix of images, static and dynamic text fields populated from data in an "player info data base" XML file, and some hyperlinks. It's all kept updated dynamicaly with current stats, info and images from the XML file. There is also a "PDF" button that allows the user to open/save/print a PDF of the player's profile (the PDF's are static files for now but the choice of which pdf to retrive is dynamicaly supplied via the XML file.
So.... Is Edge now able to do something like this? Would it need to be a collection of small animations? could these be "assembled" and connected as an asset in dreamweaver ?
I thought I would approach this from the end (ie click on an image and display a box with dynamic TEXT fileds. ) since that is the most important part, ie displaying the dynamicaly updated profile info. Sooooo....
Can Edge display a scrolling text box with Images, static text, and html dynamic text in it??
JoelThe code is in composition ready. Click the filled {}
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I have version 3.6.16 and when I login to my hotmail account, and type the first letter of the email address, a drop down box appears with my hotmail address and I can choose it from that box with a click.
How do I get version 4 to do this?
Thanks.The new but not-ready-for-prime-time autocomplete method searches for matches that contain the entered text, not just ones that begin with the string. Your options are:
1) type in longer strings that narrow the search
2) use an add-on to search just the beginnings:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1037469
3) install an older version of TB:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/ -
Having dragged 8 photos onto my desktop from iphoto for the purpose of easy addition to an email , I now find that when I dragged them to the Trash bin , they fail to delete.
I get a drop down box with continued blue/ white bars , stating "moving to trash " .
It's now 6 hours and I cannot stop either. Tried to shut down my computer and reboot but it won't let me . I tried turning the power off , but the problem remains .
Any help would be welcome.Hey !
I have found the solution myself !!!
Go ..... Apple in the toolbar - Force quite - select finder - then relaunch .
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