Menus that scroll with content

[Denis]

I have seen sites with left hand menus that move down the page as the users
scrolls down through the content. Is there any way to achieve this in FP
2003.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Can be done, but it is not build-in.

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[Crash Gordon]

I've seen some using Javascript, I'll see if I can find the URLs for them.


| I have seen sites with left hand menus that move down the page as the users
| scrolls down through the content. Is there any way to achieve this in FP
| 2003.
|
|

 

[Jon Spivey]

Hi,
I'd be careful with these scripts though. To make the script work we need to
be able to detect when the user has scrolled their window and hence when to
move the menu. This is very easy in IE as it has an event called onscroll
which allows us to detect when the window has been scrolled. But no other
browser supports this event so the only way to get a cross browser script
would be to set a timer to check if the page has been scrolled say once
every second (this is what all those free scripts do) - for users on low
end computers running a script continously like this would at best slow
their computers down or at worst cause a crash - not a good way to endear
yourself to your site visitors.

Jon
Microsoft MVP - FP

 

[Crash Gordon]

Dang I thought it was fun to crash browsers ... no really...didn't know about that scrolling thing. Thanks.

Rob


| Hi,
| I'd be careful with these scripts though. To make the script work we need to
| be able to detect when the user has scrolled their window and hence when to
| move the menu. This is very easy in IE as it has an event called onscroll
| which allows us to detect when the window has been scrolled. But no other
| browser supports this event so the only way to get a cross browser script
| would be to set a timer to check if the page has been scrolled say once
| every second (this is what all those free scripts do) - for users on low
| end computers running a script continously like this would at best slow
| their computers down or at worst cause a crash - not a good way to endear
| yourself to your site visitors.
|
| Jon
| Microsoft MVP - FP
|
| Crash Gordon wrote:
| > I've seen some using Javascript, I'll see if I can find the URLs for
| > them.
| >
| >
| > | >> I have seen sites with left hand menus that move down the page as
| >> the users scrolls down through the content. Is there any way to
| >> achieve this in FP 2003.
|
|

 

[chris leeds]

you may have been looking at frames. I wouldn't recommend that.
there is a super nice script at www.echoecho.com something about a "floating
layer" etc. you'll find it there. it works cross browser and is pretty
easy to implement. I used it to make a scrolling "add to cart box" on a
shopping cart site I did because the owner's descriptions were so long. I
couldn't see another way to make it "fit".

the site I used it on was http://eagleherblady.com it'd be on one of the
product detail pages. I did notice that using a picture as a cell
background caused it to constantly download the picture with each movement
so you may want to experiment with it to see. if so you'll want to keep the
menu as just styled links and lay off the graphics.
HTH

 

[Crash Gordon]

Nice, but those things give me vertigo.



| you may have been looking at frames. I wouldn't recommend that.
| there is a super nice script at www.echoecho.com something about a "floating
| layer" etc. you'll find it there. it works cross browser and is pretty
| easy to implement. I used it to make a scrolling "add to cart box" on a
| shopping cart site I did because the owner's descriptions were so long. I
| couldn't see another way to make it "fit".
|
| the site I used it on was http://eagleherblady.com it'd be on one of the
| product detail pages. I did notice that using a picture as a cell
| background caused it to constantly download the picture with each movement
| so you may want to experiment with it to see. if so you'll want to keep the
| menu as just styled links and lay off the graphics.
| HTH
|
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| | > I have seen sites with left hand menus that move down the page as the
| users
| > scrolls down through the content. Is there any way to achieve this in FP
| > 2003.
| >
| >
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