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PattyR

Im working on a new site and I am using the sliding javascript menu found over on Leigeber.com http://www.leigeber.com/2008/05/sliding-javascript-menu-highlight-1kb/

I had two questions which I posted over there, and I haven't gotten a response so I thought I would try here (since everyone here is usually so helpful).

Question 1) In the CSS for the .menu ul he calls for 2 z-indexes, one z-index of 10 and one of 100. I am wondering what the purpose for 2 is on the same ul.

.menu ul {list-style:none; z-index:10; position:absolute; z-index:100; padding:9px 5px;}

Question 2) The menu calls to the current link by using a value="1" attribute on the current pages li, but value is not a valid attribute on li in a strict doctype so I was attempting to change the javascript to use an id="current" instead by changing the javascript from this:

var menuSlider=function(){
	var m,e,g,s,q,i; e=[]; q=8; i=8;
	return{
		init:function(j,k){
			m=document.getElementById(j); e=m.getElementsByTagName('li');
			var i,l,w,p; i=0; l=e.length;
			for(i;i<l;i++){
				var c,v; c=e[i]; v=c.value; if(v==1){s=c; w=c.offsetWidth; p=c.offsetLeft}
				c.onmouseover=function(){menuSlider.mo(this)}; c.onmouseout=function(){menuSlider.mo(s)};
			}
			g=document.getElementById(k); g.style.width=w+'px'; g.style.left=p+'px';
		},
		mo:function(d){
			clearInterval(m.tm);
			var el,ew; el=parseInt(d.offsetLeft); ew=parseInt(d.offsetWidth);
			m.tm=setInterval(function(){menuSlider.mv(el,ew)},i);
		},
		mv:function(el,ew){
			var l,w; l=parseInt(g.offsetLeft); w=parseInt(g.offsetWidth);
			if(l!=el||w!=ew){
				if(l!=el){var ld,lr,li; ld=(l>el)?-1:1; lr=Math.abs(el-l); li=(lr<q)?ld*lr:ld*q; g.style.left=(l+li)+'px'}
				if(w!=ew){var wd,wr,wi; wd=(w>ew)?-1:1; wr=Math.abs(ew-w); wi=(wr<q)?wd*wr:wd*q; g.style.width=(w+wi)+'px'}
			}else{clearInterval(m.tm)}
}};}();

to this:

var menuSlider=function(){
	var m,e,g,s,q,i; e=[]; q=8; i=8;
	return{
		init:function(j,k){
			m=document.getElementById(j); e=m.getElementsByTagName('li');
			var i,l,w,p; i=0; l=e.length;
			for(i;i<l;i++){
				var c,v; c=e[i]; v=c.id; if(v==’current’){s=c; w=c.offsetWidth; p=c.offsetLeft}
				c.onmouseover=function(){menuSlider.mo(this)}; c.onmouseout=function(){menuSlider.mo(s)};
			}
			g=document.getElementById(k); g.style.width=w+'px'; g.style.left=p+'px';
		},
		mo:function(d){
			clearInterval(m.tm);
			var el,ew; el=parseInt(d.offsetLeft); ew=parseInt(d.offsetWidth);
			m.tm=setInterval(function(){menuSlider.mv(el,ew)},i);
		},
		mv:function(el,ew){
			var l,w; l=parseInt(g.offsetLeft); w=parseInt(g.offsetWidth);
			if(l!=el||w!=ew){
				if(l!=el){var ld,lr,li; ld=(l>el)?-1:1; lr=Math.abs(el-l); li=(lr<q)?ld*lr:ld*q; g.style.left=(l+li)+'px'}
				if(w!=ew){var wd,wr,wi; wd=(w>ew)?-1:1; wr=Math.abs(ew-w); wi=(wr<q)?wd*wr:wd*q; g.style.width=(w+wi)+'px'}
			}else{clearInterval(m.tm)}
}};}();

but the slider disappears. I tried doing this with the sample files downloaded from the site…no changes to the css, and the only change to the html was changing value="1" to id="current". Not sure why this isn't working. Any ideas?

Thanks!

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