THE CODE...
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The following code can be cut and pasted into an HTML document. Make
sure that the DropDownMenu.jar file is placed within the same
directory as the HTML document that contains this code.
Make sure that your browser is Java enabled...
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CONFIGURATION:
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Width and Height can be set to desired specification.
Text file layout...
The values for each list item are set out as:
"LIST ITEM NAME | URL | TARGET FRAME", and should all be
entered on a single line per list item.
The "|" character (press "shift"+"\"), is used to separate
each item value:
Microsoft|http:\\www.microsoft.com|_blank
Local file|index.html|_self
NOTE: list items must always be followed by a URL and frame
target!
Blank lines are not allowed.
The following values set the target frame to load the specified
URL into:
"_self" - loads into current window.
"_parent" - loads into full current window if frames are used.
"_blank" - loads into a new window.
"framename" - loads into the name of the frame you specify.
If this parameter is left out then a default of "_self" will be used.
Parameters include...
This sets the background color, and should be entered as a hexadecimal
value. If this parameter is left out then a default color of white
will be used.
This sets the color of the scroll area's background, and should be
entered as a hexadecimal value. If this parameter is left out then a
default color of white will be used.
This sets the color of the scrolling text, and should be entered as a
hexadecimal value. If this parameter is left out then a default color
of black will be used.
This sets the audio file to be played when an item is selected. If
this parameter is left out then no sound will be played.
Specifies the location and name of the text file to read information
from.
If this parameter is left out then it just won't work!
Specifies the font to be used. If this parameter is left out then
the font is set to the default value of "system".
Specifies the size of the font to be used. If this parameter is left
out then a default value of 12 will be set.