Menu Visibility Functions

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Menu Visibility Functions

Poster: nbarth
Dated: Thursday October 23 2003 - 23:08:13 BST

I was using version 3 and some one helped me to write these functions to show and hide menus. Could someone help me to write the 5.0 equivelant?

Code:

// Menu Visibility Functions ----------------  

function mm_showMenu(menuName) // + , alwaysVis)
{
  var menuNum = getMenuByName(menuName);
  if (arguments.length > 1) {
    var menuArr = eval("menu" + menuNum);
    menuArr[7] = arguments[1];
  }
  SDiv("menu" + menuNum, 1);
}

function mm_hideMenu(menuName) // + , alwaysVis)
{
  var menuNum = getMenuByName(menuName);
  if (arguments.length > 1) {
    var menuArr = eval("menu" + menuNum);
    menuArr[7] = arguments[1];
  }
  SDiv("menu" + menuNum, 0);
}

Poster: kevin3442
Dated: Thursday October 23 2003 - 23:40:49 BST

Hmmm... me thinks those look familiar....

How 'bout these:

Code:

function mm_showMenu(menuName) // , alwaysVisState = optional. 1=on, 0=off
{
  if (arguments.length > 1) _m[getMenuByName(menuName)][8] = arguments[1];
  popup(menuName);
}

function mm_hideMenu(menuName) // , alwaysVisState = optional. 1=on, 0=off
{
  var menuNum = getMenuByName(menuName);
  if (arguments.length > 1) {
    _m[menuNum][8] = arguments[1];
  }
  menuDisplay(menuNum, 0);
}

Word of caution: the mm_showMenu() function will not work unless the named menu already has a position in which to open! In other words, that menu must (a) have a location -- e.g., top/bottom, screenposition -- already set in the menu definition, or (b) have already been opened from a different source, like a "higher-level" menu, or (c) have the positions programatically set through some other function (which is possible) prior to calling the mm_showMenu() function.

Hope that helps (and works!),

Kevin

They work!

Poster: nbarth
Dated: Friday October 24 2003 - 5:13:39 BST

Thanks so much Kevin!

Nicholas

Poster: Maz
Dated: Friday October 24 2003 - 5:35:50 BST

I decided on a much simpler solution, I just placed my complete menu in one main menu item, it could be any kind of link you want, then open the main menu up from there

maz

I appreciate the suggestion

Poster: nbarth
Dated: Friday October 24 2003 - 6:40:56 BST

maz,

I may have to try that.

Thanks,
Nicholas

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Menu Visibility Functions

They work!

I appreciate the suggestion