MenuPopup

	PHP class that generates a DHTML Popup Menu

INSTALL

	Download library and documentation  libpopupmenu.zip ( 3166 bytes )

SYNOPSIS

	include "./libPopupMenu.php";

	$pop = new PopupMenu( "mypopup" );
	// add some items
	$pop->addItem( "Altavista", "http://www.altavista.com", "_new" );
	$pop->addItem( "Go Yahoo!", "http://www.yahoo.com", "_new" );
	$pop->addSeparator();
	$pop->addItem( "Send me a mail", "mailto:lwest@free.fr?subject=libPopupMenu" );
	$pop->addItem( "Page source", "javascript:document.location='view-source:'+document.location" );
	// defines some properties
	$pop->set( "border", 1 );
	$pop->set( "width", 80 );
	$pop->set( "margin", 3 );

	// output CSS then HTML and JS code
	$pop->DisplayCss();
	$pop->Display();
	// attach the popup to an Anchor
	?><a href="#" onMouseOver="<?= $pop->jsCall(); ?>">My Menu</a><?

	See Demo

METHODS

PopupMenu( menuid )

	Instanciate a new popup. menuid is an identifier for the menu
	(in case you have several popup in the page).

addItem( caption, url, [target] )

	Add an item to the menu. Javascript calls are possible.

	Example: $pop->addItem( "Go Yahoo !", "http://www.yahoo.com/", "_new" );

addSeparator()

	Add a line separator

Display()

	Outputs the HTML+JS code that "engines" the popup menu.
	one call is required.

jsCall()

	Returns the javascript code that opens the popup menu.
	You have to insert this in an onClick or onMouseOver event handler.

	Example:
	$call = $pop->jsCall();
	<a href="#" onClick="$call">Click me</a>

Set( property, value )

	Let you change a menu property.

	Example: $pop->Set( "bgcolor", "yellow" );

	Supported properties are:

property name	description	default
width	menu width (pixel)	100
height	menu height (pixel)	100
bgcolor	menu background color	#C0C0C0
color	items text color	black
fontFamily	items font - CSS syntax, multiple values separated by ","	Helvetica, Arial
fontSize	items font size - CSS syntax	11px
align	items text horizontal alignment	left
margin	margin between border and menu text (pixels)	2
border	border size	1
menuItemFormat	format of a menu item, as used in a printf() call	(*)

	(*) advanced feature. have a look at class code before.

LIMITATIONS

	Netscape Browser 4+ compatible *only*
	More customizations to come

STATUS

	Version      0.4
	Licence      Free of use
	Author       Leo West <lwest@free.fr>
	Created      Sun Oct 01 23:12:04 UTC 2000
	Modified     Thu Oct 26 11:18:47 UTC 2000

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