padding-left? identation?

Poster: cpriest
Dated: Tuesday September 14 2004 - 18:31:20 BST

I've looked through the files but couldn't find an answer...

Is there any way I can indent a menu item with some property?

Poster: John
Dated: Tuesday September 14 2004 - 18:37:37 BST

Depending on how much you want, most folks just use  . Another way is with the rawcss property and a padding-left value.

Poster: kevin3442
Dated: Tuesday September 14 2004 - 20:24:20 BST

Hi,

Something that used to work, then didn't for several releases, but does again is to use css-like syntax in the menu's padding property, in the menu style or in anu individual menu item definition. Like so:

In a style:

In a menu item:


You can use other units of measure instead of px, or if you want to use px, you could omit it entirely since px is the default.

I do not know if this approach is officially supported, but I just tested it in IE6 and it does work.

FWIW,

Kevin

Poster: Ruth
Dated: Wednesday September 15 2004 - 5:05:35 BST

The following seems to work in IE5.5 win98se, Netscape 7.1, Firebird [fox].07, Opera 7.11, I do not know if it works on a Mac.

Declare a css class and then call it in the item you want to indent using the offclass and onclass parameters of the menu. For example [ I put it in the head of the document, but I would assume if you have a style sheet you can put it there]

Then in the menu, in the item you wish to have indent:


I used the 15px so I could actually see if it worked.

Ruth

Poster: kevin3442
Dated: Wednesday September 15 2004 - 6:47:18 BST

Ah yes... Ruth has a good idea there! Forgot about onclass and offclass. Just to add, you can also set onclass and offclass in a menu style, rather than having to set it in each aI() string. Might save a little typing.

Cheers,

Kevin