Dropdown menus

[Ally-oop]

I've created a rollover drop down menu with hyperlinks on it using layers and
behaviors. However, as I mouseover the dropdown menu layer, it flickers on
and off. Any ideas on how to fix this?

 

[Jim Buyens]

This usually occurs because you code a behavior to close the menu when its
onmouseout event fires. Unfortunately, this event also fires when the mouse
passes over something *insde* the menu layer. People usually try to fix this
by putting a behavior on that inside thing to quick redisplay the menu layer,
but the layer still disappears briefly. That is, it flickers.

So, you need to get rid of those onmouseout behaviors that set the layer's
visibility to hidden, and instead:

1. Surround the layer with something else, like a
transparent GIF.
2. Make the transparent GIF "visible" when you make the
menu layer visible,
3. Make both the transparent GIF and the menu layer
invisible when the transparent GIF gets onmouseover.

For more detailed instructions, browse:

Creating DHTML Menus in FrontPage 2003
http://www.interlacken.com/winnt/tips/tipshow.aspx?tip=28

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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