Extension talk:CSS Dropdowns

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[edit] no IE6-support

hi! I'm very POSITIVE impressed that there's an extension for an css menu, BUT: ist's a pity there's no IE6-support.
I think that makes shure that quite nobody uses this extention. You write that you've stopped trying an IE6-workaround.

I don't know how the cssmenu exactly works, but you may look at this:
http://cssplay.co.uk/menus/
look at this samples... the all work in ie6, the following also:
http://cssplay.co.uk/menus/drop_definition.html

and is there any preview site?

regards, joethegeek

Don't work with Firefox 2 and Opera.

Is there some way we can see an example of this?

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[edit] Opera

I tried this with Seamonkey 1.1.3 and Opera 9.22; in Seamonkey, the menues appear and look quite nice; however, in Opera, they are completely broken; only the first one gives a pulldown, the second menu is outfolded, won't pull up or go away, and it is misplaced (appears partially outside the menu). I don't care too much about IE6, but the lack of support Opera is a showstopper for me - ymmv ;-) Regards, --00:11, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Hey I think I have an answer for you. I use Ubuntu for my MediaWIKI and the only way I could get the drop down menus to work after the first is to only add one line per editing. Meaning I copy and paste that huge set of syntax for each drop down menu.
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[edit] Can I...

Hello,

I was wondering if there was a way I could include the Drop Down menu on any part of a page, that way I could choose where it goes.

Thanks

[edit] Link to CSS is broken

Hi, I am trying to use this extension, but the link to the CSS is broken ([1]). Is there anyway someone could put the necessary CSS for the dropdowns to work on the extension page, rather than relying on an external link? Jake4d 14:58, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

I have emailed and now contacted him on two sites. Hopefully he will respond and fix these links. Igottheconch 20:13, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

I think this is it:

http://www.theplaz.com/static/dropdowns/1.0/drop_down_menus.css

based on google search 20:48, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

It is, I am adding it to the main page. Igottheconch 09:08, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

[edit] edit tools

Edit tools also has a drop down:

MediaWiki:Edittools

Igottheconch 20:13, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Doesn't work

Here is a screenshot of what I got: http://gyazo.com/9a69f1b4d414adc942302716801db6d2.png This is on firefox 4.0.1. Igottheconch 09:16, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

i take that back it works! http://gyazo.com/0f5ac58062c0193d16d424ac6f249a37.png Need to give it a minute for it to work. Igottheconch 09:17, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Alternate

Igottheconch 00:56, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Here is my alternate version with different colors:

Alternate

/* START DROP DOWN MENUS */
/* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CSS_Dropdowns#Adding_it_to_your_site */

div#siteNotice {
        width:100%;     /* makes the entire box full width */
        float:left; /*makes the  entire box  enclose the list */
        font-size:1.3em; /* SET FONT-SIZE HERE */
        background-color:#CFCFCF; /* colors the background  behind the box*/ 
a:link {color: #FFFFFF;}
        background:#930B00; /*  BACKGROUND COLORS FOR ENTIRE BOX */ 
        margin:7px -2px -2px -2px;
        padding:0;      
}
div#siteNotice li {
        float:left;     /* causes the list to align horizontally instead of stack */
        position:relative; /* positioning context for the absolutely positioned drop-down */
        list-style-type:none;   /* removes the bullet off each list item */
        background-color:#930B00; /*sets the background of the menu items */

        margin: -4px 0 0 0; /*Brings the menu items up */     
        padding:0 6px; /*creates space each side of menu item's text */
}
div#siteNotice li:first-child {
        -moz-border-radius-topleft: .5em;
        padding-bottom:1px; /*to fix from rounded edge */
        /* REMOVED: border-left:1px solid #002bb8; the first vertical line on the menu */
        }
div#siteNotice li:last-child {
        -moz-border-radius-topright: .5em;
        padding-bottom:1px; /*to fix from rounded edge */
        }
div#siteNotice li:hover { 
        background-color:#202020; /*Background of the menu items when hovered over */
        }
div#siteNotice a {
        display:block; /*makes list items in drop down highlight and wrapped lines indent correctly */
        color:#FFFFFF;  /* sets the LINK TEXT color */
        text-decoration: none;    /* removes underline */
        }

/* the horizontal menu ends here */
/* the drop-down starts here */
div#siteNotice ul li ul {
        margin:0; /* prevents the TEMP value inheriting from the horizontal menu  */
        position:absolute; /* positions the drop-down ul in relation to its relatively positioned li parent */
        width:10em; /*sets the width of the menu - in combo with the li's 100% width, makes the menu stack*/
        left:-1px; /*aligns the drop exactly under the menu */
        }
div#siteNotice ul li ul li {
        margin: -1px 0 0 0; /* prevents the margin value inheriting from the horiz menu + bring menu items up  */
        width:100%; /* makes the list items fill the list container (ul) */
        
        list-style-type:none;   /* removes the bullet off each list item */
        list-style-image:none;  /* removes the bullet off each list item */
        padding:0 0 1px;
        -moz-border-radius-topright: 0;
        -moz-border-radius-topleft: 0;
        -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 0;
        -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 0;
        }
div#siteNotice ul li ul li:last-child {
        -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 1em;
        -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 1em;
        -moz-border-radius-topleft: 0;  
        -moz-border-radius-topright: 0; 
        padding-right:1px; /*to fix from rounded edge */
}
div#siteNotice ul li ul li:first-child {
        border-top:1px solid #069; /*the top edge of the dropdown */
        -moz-border-radius-topleft: 0;  
}
/* make the drop-down display as the menu is rolled over */

div#siteNotice ul li ul {display:none;} /* conceals the drop-down when menu not hovered */

div#siteNotice ul li:hover ul {display:block; } /* shows the drop-down when the menu is hovered */

/* pop-out starts here */
body div#siteNotice ul li ul li ul  {
        visibility:hidden; /* same effect as display:none in this situation */
        top:-1px;
        left:10em;
        }
div#siteNoticeul li ul li:hover ul {visibility:visible;} /* same effect as display:block in this situation */

/* second level popouts start here*/

div#siteNotice ul li ul li:hover ul li ul {visibility:hidden;}

div#siteNotice ul li ul li ul li:hover ul {visibility:visible;} /* same effect as display:block in this situation */


/* third level popouts start here
I haven't tested this */

div#siteNotice ul li ul li ul li:hover ul li ul {visibility:hidden;}

div#siteNotice ul li ul li ul li ul li:hover ul {visibility:visible;} /* same effect as display:block in this situation */

/* THE HACK ZONE - */

/* hack for IE (all flavors) so the menu has a vertical line on the left */

* html div#siteNotice ul {
        float:left; /* makes the ul wrap the li's */
        /* REMOVED: border-left:1px solid #002bb8; /* adds the rightmost menu vertical line to the ul  */
        margin-left:15px; /* IE doubles the given value above - why? */
        }
/* add a top line to drops and pops in IE browsers - can't read :first-child */

* html  div#siteNotice ul li ul {
       /* REMOVED:  border-top:1px solid #002bb8;*/
        border-left:0px; /* stops the drop inheriting the ul border */
        }
/* the Tantek hack to feed IE Win 5.5-5.0 a lower value to get the pop-out to touch the drop-down */

* html  div#siteNotice ul li ul li ul { 
  left:9.85em; 
  voice-family: "\"}\""; 
  voice-family:inherit;
  left:10em;
  }
/* and the "be nice to Opera" rule */
html>body div#siteNotice ul li ul li ul {
  left:10em;
  }


/* an Opera-only hack to fix a redraw problem by invisibly extending the ul */
/* the first-level drop stays open for 100px below the bottom but at least it works */
/* this can be reduced to as little as 22px if you don't have pop-outs */
/* the pop-out menu stays open for 22px below the bottom but at least it works

Not Tested!! */
        @media all and (min-width: 0px){
   body div#siteNotice ul li ul {padding-bottom:200px;}
   body div#siteNotice ul li ul li ul {padding-bottom:22px;}
   body div#siteNotice ul li ul li ul li ul li:hover {visibility:visible;} /* same effect as display:block in this situation */
   }

/*end Opera hack */

/* end of hack zone */

/* END OF LIST-BASED MENU */


/* finally after feeding values to all others, we deal with MAc5 IE */
/* IE5 Mac can't do drop-downs so we need to present the info in a different way*/
/* we present the drop down choices in a row and never show any second-level drops */
 /* this stylesheet is read by IE5 Mac only - hack omits 'url' and leave no space between @import and ("   
Not Tested!!*/
@import("/wiki/skins/common/dropdown/ie51_menu_hack.css"); 
/* END OF DROP DOWN MENUS */

[edit] old pic

Igottheconch 01:04, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

replaced with picture of mod with better colors.

[edit] Minor Alteration of Igottheconch's Code

I'm pretty new to all this css and mediawiki hackery so if what I did isn't what you'd call kosher, feel free to call me out. I appreciate any constructive criticism. Basically, all I added was the code at the top that set the bodyContent and siteNotice to z-index 98 and 99 respectively. The menu bar's drop down items were appearing behind the bodyContent for me. I added those lines of code and it was fixed. I was using chrome and the nice rounded edges weren't appearing for me so I added the standard "border-radius" lines in the appropriate places. Other than that all I changed was the color to suit my purposes.

Alternate

/*Ensure that the Sitenotice is above the body content*/

#bodyContent {
z-index: 98;
}
#siteNotice {
z-index: 99;
}

/* START DROP DOWN MENUS */
/* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CSS_Dropdowns#Adding_it_to_your_site */

div#siteNotice {
        width:100%;     /* makes the entire box full width */
        float:left; /*makes the  entire box  enclose the list */
        font-size:1.3em; /* SET FONT-SIZE HERE */
        background-color:#FFFFFF; /* colors the background  behind the box*/ 
a:link {color: #FFFFFF;}
        background:#a0e37d; /*  BACKGROUND COLORS FOR ENTIRE BOX */ 
        margin:7px -2px -2px -2px;
        padding:0;      
}
div#siteNotice li {
        float:left;     /* causes the list to align horizontally instead of stack */
        position:relative; /* positioning context for the absolutely positioned drop-down */
        list-style-type:none;   /* removes the bullet off each list item */
        background-color:#a0e37d; /*sets the background of the menu items */

        margin: -4px 0 0 0; /*Brings the menu items up */     
        padding:0 6px; /*creates space each side of menu item's text */
}
div#siteNotice li:first-child {
        -moz-border-radius-topleft: .5em;
        padding-bottom:1px; /*to fix from rounded edge */
        border-top-left-radius: .5em;
        /* REMOVED: border-left:1px solid #002bb8; the first vertical line on the menu */
        }
div#siteNotice li:last-child {
        -moz-border-radius-topright: .5em;
        border-top-right-radius: .5em;
        padding-bottom:1px; /*to fix from rounded edge */
        }
div#siteNotice li:hover { 
        background-color:#202020; /*Background of the menu items when hovered over */
        }
div#siteNotice a {
        display:block; /*makes list items in drop down highlight and wrapped lines indent correctly */
        color:#ff321a;  /* sets the LINK TEXT color */
        text-decoration: none;    /* removes underline */
        }

/* the horizontal menu ends here */
/* the drop-down starts here */
div#siteNotice ul li ul {
        margin:0; /* prevents the TEMP value inheriting from the horizontal menu  */
        position:absolute; /* positions the drop-down ul in relation to its relatively positioned li parent */
        width:10em; /*sets the width of the menu - in combo with the li's 100% width, makes the menu stack*/
        left:-1px; /*aligns the drop exactly under the menu */
        }
div#siteNotice ul li ul li {
        margin: -1px 0 0 0; /* prevents the margin value inheriting from the horiz menu + bring menu items up  */
        width:100%; /* makes the list items fill the list container (ul) */
        
        list-style-type:none;   /* removes the bullet off each list item */
        list-style-image:none;  /* removes the bullet off each list item */
        padding:0 0 1px;
        -moz-border-radius-topright: 0;
        -moz-border-radius-topleft: 0;
        -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 0;
        -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 0;
        border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
        border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
        border-top-left-radius: 0;
        border-top-right-radius: 0;
        }
div#siteNotice ul li ul li:last-child {
        -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 1em;
        -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 1em;
        -moz-border-radius-topleft: 0;  
        -moz-border-radius-topright: 0; 
        border-bottom-right-radius: 1em;
        border-bottom-left-radius: 1em;
        border-top-left-radius: 0;
        border-top-right-radius: 0;
        padding-right:1px; /*to fix from rounded edge */
}
div#siteNotice ul li ul li:first-child {
        border-top:1px solid #069; /*the top edge of the dropdown */
        -moz-border-radius-topleft: 0;  
        border-top-left-radius: 0;
}
/* make the drop-down display as the menu is rolled over */

div#siteNotice ul li ul {display:none;} /* conceals the drop-down when menu not hovered */

div#siteNotice ul li:hover ul {display:block; } /* shows the drop-down when the menu is hovered */

/* pop-out starts here */
body div#siteNotice ul li ul li ul  {
        visibility:hidden; /* same effect as display:none in this situation */
        top:-1px;
        left:10em;
        }
div#siteNoticeul li ul li:hover ul {visibility:visible;} /* same effect as display:block in this situation */

/* second level popouts start here*/

div#siteNotice ul li ul li:hover ul li ul {visibility:hidden;}

div#siteNotice ul li ul li ul li:hover ul {visibility:visible;} /* same effect as display:block in this situation */


/* third level popouts start here
I haven't tested this */

div#siteNotice ul li ul li ul li:hover ul li ul {visibility:hidden;}

div#siteNotice ul li ul li ul li ul li:hover ul {visibility:visible;} /* same effect as display:block in this situation */

/* THE HACK ZONE - */

/* hack for IE (all flavors) so the menu has a vertical line on the left */

* html div#siteNotice ul {
        float:left; /* makes the ul wrap the li's */
        /* REMOVED: border-left:1px solid #002bb8; /* adds the rightmost menu vertical line to the ul  */
        margin-left:15px; /* IE doubles the given value above - why? */
        }
/* add a top line to drops and pops in IE browsers - can't read :first-child */

* html  div#siteNotice ul li ul {
       /* REMOVED:  border-top:1px solid #002bb8;*/
        border-left:0px; /* stops the drop inheriting the ul border */
        }
/* the Tantek hack to feed IE Win 5.5-5.0 a lower value to get the pop-out to touch the drop-down */

* html  div#siteNotice ul li ul li ul { 
  left:9.85em; 
  voice-family: "\"}\""; 
  voice-family:inherit;
  left:10em;
  }
/* and the "be nice to Opera" rule */
html>body div#siteNotice ul li ul li ul {
  left:10em;
  }


/* an Opera-only hack to fix a redraw problem by invisibly extending the ul */
/* the first-level drop stays open for 100px below the bottom but at least it works */
/* this can be reduced to as little as 22px if you don't have pop-outs */
/* the pop-out menu stays open for 22px below the bottom but at least it works

Not Tested!! */
        @media all and (min-width: 0px){
   body div#siteNotice ul li ul {padding-bottom:200px;}
   body div#siteNotice ul li ul li ul {padding-bottom:22px;}
   body div#siteNotice ul li ul li ul li ul li:hover {visibility:visible;} /* same effect as display:block in this situation */
   }

/*end Opera hack */

/* end of hack zone */

/* END OF LIST-BASED MENU */


/* finally after feeding values to all others, we deal with MAc5 IE */
/* IE5 Mac can't do drop-downs so we need to present the info in a different way*/
/* we present the drop down choices in a row and never show any second-level drops */
 /* this stylesheet is read by IE5 Mac only - hack omits 'url' and leave no space between @import and ("   
Not Tested!!*/
@import("/wiki/skins/common/dropdown/ie51_menu_hack.css"); 
/* END OF DROP DOWN MENUS */

Extension talk:CSS Dropdowns

Contents

[edit] no IE6-support

[edit] Opera

[edit] Can I...

[edit] Link to CSS is broken

[edit] edit tools

[edit] Doesn't work

[edit] Alternate

[edit] old pic

[edit] Minor Alteration of Igottheconch's Code

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