I have a working drop down menu on my “Facebook” icon at the top of my website.
The menu works fine, but I would like for it to open to the left of the icon… should look something like the attached pic.
I do not know enough about js to make this happen, any help would be great. Thanks in advance!
anylinkmenu.js
//** AnyLink JS Drop Down Menu v2.0- (c) Dynamic Drive DHTML code library: http://www.dynamicdrive.com
//** Script Download/ instructions page: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/dropmenuindex.htm
//** January 29th, 2009: Script Creation date
//**May 22nd, 09': v2.1
//1) Automatically adds a "selectedanchor" CSS class to the currrently selected anchor link
//2) For image anchor links, the custom HTML attributes "data-image" and "data-overimage" can be inserted to set the anchor's default and over images.
//**June 1st, 09': v2.2
//1) Script now runs automatically after DOM has loaded. anylinkmenu.init) can now be called in the HEAD section
//**May 23rd, 10': v2.21: Fixes script not firing in IE when inside a frame page
if (typeof dd_domreadycheck=="undefined") //global variable to detect if DOM is ready
var dd_domreadycheck=false
var anylinkmenu={
menusmap: {},
preloadimages: [],
effects: {delayhide: 200, shadow:{enabled:true, opacity:0.3, depth: [5, 5]}, fade:{enabled:false, duration:500}}, //customize menu effects
dimensions: {},
getoffset:function(what, offsettype){
return (what.offsetParent)? what[offsettype]+this.getoffset(what.offsetParent, offsettype) : what[offsettype]
},
getoffsetof:function(el){
el._offsets={left:this.getoffset(el, "offsetLeft"), top:this.getoffset(el, "offsetTop"), h: el.offsetHeight}
},
getdimensions:function(menu){
this.dimensions={anchorw:menu.anchorobj.offsetWidth, anchorh:menu.anchorobj.offsetHeight,
docwidth:(window.innerWidth ||this.standardbody.clientWidth)-20,
docheight:(window.innerHeight ||this.standardbody.clientHeight)-15,
docscrollx:window.pageXOffset || this.standardbody.scrollLeft,
docscrolly:window.pageYOffset || this.standardbody.scrollTop
}
if (!this.dimensions.dropmenuw){
this.dimensions.dropmenuw=menu.dropmenu.offsetWidth
this.dimensions.dropmenuh=menu.dropmenu.offsetHeight
}
},
isContained:function(m, e){
var e=window.event || e
var c=e.relatedTarget || ((e.type=="mouseover")? e.fromElement : e.toElement)
while (c && c!=m)try {c=c.parentNode} catch(e){c=m}
if (c==m)
return true
else
return false
},
setopacity:function(el, value){
el.style.opacity=value
if (typeof el.style.opacity!="string"){ //if it's not a string (ie: number instead), it means property not supported
el.style.MozOpacity=value
if (el.filters){
el.style.filter="progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.alpha(opacity="+ value*100 +")"
}
}
},
showmenu:function(menuid){
var menu=anylinkmenu.menusmap[menuid]
clearTimeout(menu.hidetimer)
this.getoffsetof(menu.anchorobj)
this.getdimensions(menu)
var posx=menu.anchorobj._offsets.left + (menu.orientation=="lr"? this.dimensions.anchorw : 0) //base x pos
var posy=menu.anchorobj._offsets.top+this.dimensions.anchorh - (menu.orientation=="lr"? this.dimensions.anchorh : 0)//base y pos
if (posx+this.dimensions.dropmenuw+this.effects.shadow.depth[0]>this.dimensions.docscrollx+this.dimensions.docwidth){ //drop left instead?
posx=posx-this.dimensions.dropmenuw + (menu.orientation=="lr"? -this.dimensions.anchorw : this.dimensions.anchorw)
}
if (posy+this.dimensions.dropmenuh>this.dimensions.docscrolly+this.dimensions.docheight){ //drop up instead?
posy=Math.max(posy-this.dimensions.dropmenuh - (menu.orientation=="lr"? -this.dimensions.anchorh : this.dimensions.anchorh), this.dimensions.docscrolly) //position above anchor or window's top edge
}
if (this.effects.fade.enabled){
this.setopacity(menu.dropmenu, 0) //set opacity to 0 so menu appears hidden initially
if (this.effects.shadow.enabled)
this.setopacity(menu.shadow, 0) //set opacity to 0 so shadow appears hidden initially
}
menu.dropmenu.setcss({left:posx+'px', top:posy+'px', visibility:'visible'})
if (this.effects.shadow.enabled){
//menu.shadow.setcss({width: menu.dropmenu.offsetWidth+"px", height:menu.dropmenu.offsetHeight+"px"})
menu.shadow.setcss({left:posx+anylinkmenu.effects.shadow.depth[0]+'px', top:posy+anylinkmenu.effects.shadow.depth[1]+'px', visibility:'visible'})
}
if (this.effects.fade.enabled){
clearInterval(menu.animatetimer)
menu.curanimatedegree=0
menu.starttime=new Date().getTime() //get time just before animation is run
menu.animatetimer=setInterval(function(){anylinkmenu.revealmenu(menuid)}, 20)
}
},
revealmenu:function(menuid){
var menu=anylinkmenu.menusmap[menuid]
var elapsed=new Date().getTime()-menu.starttime //get time animation has run
if (elapsed<this.effects.fade.duration){
this.setopacity(menu.dropmenu, menu.curanimatedegree)
if (this.effects.shadow.enabled)
this.setopacity(menu.shadow, menu.curanimatedegree*this.effects.shadow.opacity)
}
else{
clearInterval(menu.animatetimer)
this.setopacity(menu.dropmenu, 1)
menu.dropmenu.style.filter=""
}
menu.curanimatedegree=(1-Math.cos((elapsed/this.effects.fade.duration)*Math.PI)) / 2
},
setcss:function(param){
for (prop in param){
this.style[prop]=param[prop]
}
},
setcssclass:function(el, targetclass, action){
var needle=new RegExp("(^|\\\\s+)"+targetclass+"($|\\\\s+)", "ig")
if (action=="check")
return needle.test(el.className)
else if (action=="remove")
el.className=el.className.replace(needle, "")
else if (action=="add" && !needle.test(el.className))
el.className+=" "+targetclass
},
hidemenu:function(menuid){
var menu=anylinkmenu.menusmap[menuid]
clearInterval(menu.animatetimer)
menu.dropmenu.setcss({visibility:'hidden', left:0, top:0})
menu.shadow.setcss({visibility:'hidden', left:0, top:0})
},
getElementsByClass:function(targetclass){
if (document.querySelectorAll)
return document.querySelectorAll("."+targetclass)
else{
var classnameRE=new RegExp("(^|\\\\s+)"+targetclass+"($|\\\\s+)", "i") //regular expression to screen for classname
var pieces=[]
var alltags=document.all? document.all : document.getElementsByTagName("*")
for (var i=0; i<alltags.length; i++){
if (typeof alltags[i].className=="string" && alltags[i].className.search(classnameRE)!=-1)
pieces[pieces.length]=alltags[i]
}
return pieces
}
},
addDiv:function(divid, divclass, inlinestyle){
var el=document.createElement("div")
if (divid)
el.id=divid
el.className=divclass
if (inlinestyle!="" && typeof el.style.cssText=="string")
el.style.cssText=inlinestyle
else if (inlinestyle!="")
el.setAttribute('style', inlinestyle)
document.body.appendChild(el)
return el
},
getmenuHTML:function(menuobj){
var menucontent=[]
var frag=""
for (var i=0; i<menuobj.items.length; i++){
frag+='<li><a href="' + menuobj.items[i][1] + '" target="' + menuobj.linktarget + '">' + menuobj.items[i][0] + '</a></li>\
'
if (menuobj.items[i][2]=="efc" || i==menuobj.items.length-1){
menucontent.push(frag)
frag=""
}
}
if (typeof menuobj.cols=="undefined")
return '<ul>\
' + menucontent.join('') + '\
</ul>'
else{
frag=""
for (var i=0; i<menucontent.length; i++){
frag+='<div class="' + menuobj.cols.divclass + '" style="' + menuobj.cols.inlinestyle + '">\
<ul>\
' + menucontent[i] + '</ul>\
</div>\
'
}
return frag
}
},
addEvent:function(targetarr, functionref, tasktype){
if (targetarr.length>0){
var target=targetarr.shift()
if (target.addEventListener)
target.addEventListener(tasktype, functionref, false)
else if (target.attachEvent)
target.attachEvent('on'+tasktype, function(){return functionref.call(target, window.event)})
this.addEvent(targetarr, functionref, tasktype)
}
},
domready:function(functionref){ //based on code from the jQuery library
if (dd_domreadycheck){
functionref()
return
}
// Mozilla, Opera and webkit nightlies currently support this event
if (document.addEventListener) {
// Use the handy event callback
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(){
document.removeEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", arguments.callee, false )
functionref();
dd_domreadycheck=true
}, false )
}
else if (document.attachEvent){
// If IE and not an iframe
// continually check to see if the document is ready
if ( document.documentElement.doScroll && window == window.top) (function(){
if (dd_domreadycheck) return
try{
// If IE is used, use the trick by Diego Perini
// http://javascript.nwbox.com/IEContentLoaded/
document.documentElement.doScroll("left")
}catch(error){
setTimeout( arguments.callee, 0)
return;
}
//and execute any waiting functions
functionref();
dd_domreadycheck=true
})();
}
if (document.attachEvent && parent.length>0) //account for page being in IFRAME, in which above doesn't fire in IE
this.addEvent([window], function(){functionref()}, "load");
},
addState:function(anchorobj, state){
if (anchorobj.getAttribute('data-image')){
var imgobj=(anchorobj.tagName=="IMG")? anchorobj : anchorobj.getElementsByTagName('img')[0]
if (imgobj){
imgobj.src=(state=="add")? anchorobj.getAttribute('data-overimage') : anchorobj.getAttribute('data-image')
}
}
else
anylinkmenu.setcssclass(anchorobj, "selectedanchor", state)
},
addState:function(anchorobj, state){
if (anchorobj.getAttribute('data-image')){
var imgobj=(anchorobj.tagName=="IMG")? anchorobj : anchorobj.getElementsByTagName('img')[0]
if (imgobj){
imgobj.src=(state=="add")? anchorobj.getAttribute('data-overimage') : anchorobj.getAttribute('data-image')
}
}
else
anylinkmenu.setcssclass(anchorobj, "selectedanchor", state)
},
setupmenu:function(targetclass, anchorobj, pos){
this.standardbody=(document.compatMode=="CSS1Compat")? document.documentElement : document.body
var relattr=anchorobj.getAttribute("rel")
dropmenuid=relattr.replace(/\\[(\\w+)\\]/, '')
var dropmenuvar=window[dropmenuid]
var dropmenu=this.addDiv(null, dropmenuvar.divclass, dropmenuvar.inlinestyle) //create and add main sub menu DIV
dropmenu.innerHTML=this.getmenuHTML(dropmenuvar)
var menu=this.menusmap[targetclass+pos]={
id: targetclass+pos,
anchorobj: anchorobj,
dropmenu: dropmenu,
revealtype: (relattr.length!=dropmenuid.length && RegExp.$1=="click")? "click" : "mouseover",
orientation: anchorobj.getAttribute("rev")=="lr"? "lr" : "ud",
shadow: this.addDiv(null, "anylinkshadow", null) //create and add corresponding shadow
}
menu.anchorobj._internalID=targetclass+pos
menu.anchorobj._isanchor=true
menu.dropmenu._internalID=targetclass+pos
menu.shadow._internalID=targetclass+pos
menu.dropmenu.setcss=this.setcss
menu.shadow.setcss=this.setcss
menu.shadow.setcss({width: menu.dropmenu.offsetWidth+"px", height:menu.dropmenu.offsetHeight+"px"})
this.setopacity(menu.shadow, this.effects.shadow.opacity)
this.addEvent([menu.anchorobj, menu.dropmenu, menu.shadow], function(e){ //MOUSEOVER event for anchor, dropmenu, shadow
var menu=anylinkmenu.menusmap[this._internalID]
if (this._isanchor && menu.revealtype=="mouseover" && !anylinkmenu.isContained(this, e)){ //event for anchor
anylinkmenu.showmenu(menu.id)
anylinkmenu.addState(this, "add")
}
else if (typeof this._isanchor=="undefined"){ //event for drop down menu and shadow
clearTimeout(menu.hidetimer)
}
}, "mouseover")
this.addEvent([menu.anchorobj, menu.dropmenu, menu.shadow], function(e){ //MOUSEOUT event for anchor, dropmenu, shadow
if (!anylinkmenu.isContained(this, e)){
var menu=anylinkmenu.menusmap[this._internalID]
menu.hidetimer=setTimeout(function(){
anylinkmenu.addState(menu.anchorobj, "remove")
anylinkmenu.hidemenu(menu.id)
}, anylinkmenu.effects.delayhide)
}
}, "mouseout")
this.addEvent([menu.anchorobj, menu.dropmenu], function(e){ //CLICK event for anchor, dropmenu
var menu=anylinkmenu.menusmap[this._internalID]
if ( this._isanchor && menu.revealtype=="click"){
if (menu.dropmenu.style.visibility=="visible")
anylinkmenu.hidemenu(menu.id)
else{
anylinkmenu.addState(this, "add")
anylinkmenu.showmenu(menu.id)
}
if (e.preventDefault)
e.preventDefault()
return false
}
else
menu.hidetimer=setTimeout(function(){anylinkmenu.hidemenu(menu.id)}, anylinkmenu.effects.delayhide)
}, "click")
},
init:function(targetclass){
this.domready(function(){anylinkmenu.trueinit(targetclass)})
},
trueinit:function(targetclass){
var anchors=this.getElementsByClass(targetclass)
var preloadimages=this.preloadimages
for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++){
if (anchors[i].getAttribute('data-image')){ //preload anchor image?
preloadimages[preloadimages.length]=new Image()
preloadimages[preloadimages.length-1].src=anchors[i].getAttribute('data-image')
}
if (anchors[i].getAttribute('data-overimage')){ //preload anchor image?
preloadimages[preloadimages.length]=new Image()
preloadimages[preloadimages.length-1].src=anchors[i].getAttribute('data-overimage')
}
this.setupmenu(targetclass, anchors[i], i)
}
}
}
menucontents.js
var anylinkmenu1={divclass:'anylinkmenu', inlinestyle:'', linktarget:''} //First menu variable. Make sure "anylinkmenu1" is a unique name!
anylinkmenu1.items=[
["Fan Page", "http://www.facebook.com/BillboardFamily/"],
["Carl", "http://www.facebook.com/CarlMartin.BillboardFamily/"],
["Amy", "http://www.facebook.com/AmyMartin.BillboardFamily/"]
//no comma following last entry!
]
var anylinkmenu2={divclass:'anylinkmenu', inlinestyle:'width:150px; background:#FDD271', linktarget:'_new'} //Second menu variable. Same precaution.
anylinkmenu2.items=[
["Fan Page", "http://www.facebook.com/BillboardFamily/"],
["Carl", "http://www.facebook.com/CarlMartin.BillboardFamily/"],
["Amy", "http://www.facebook.com/AmyMartin.BillboardFamily/"]
//no comma following last entry!
]
var anylinkmenu3={divclass:'anylinkmenucols', inlinestyle:'', linktarget:'secwin'} //Third menu variable. Same precaution.
anylinkmenu3.cols={divclass:'column', inlinestyle:''} //menu.cols if defined creates columns of menu links segmented by keyword "efc"
anylinkmenu3.items=[
["Fan Page", "http://www.facebook.com/BillboardFamily/"],
["Carl", "http://www.facebook.com/CarlMartin.BillboardFamily/"],
["Amy", "http://www.facebook.com/AmyMartin.BillboardFamily/"]
//no comma following last entry!
]
var anylinkmenu4={divclass:'anylinkmenu', inlinestyle:'width:150px; background:#DFFDF4', linktarget:'_new'} //Second menu variable. Same precaution.
anylinkmenu4.items=[
["Fan Page", "http://www.facebook.com/BillboardFamily/"],
["Carl", "http://www.facebook.com/CarlMartin.BillboardFamily/"],
["Amy", "http://www.facebook.com/AmyMartin.BillboardFamily/"]
//no comma following last entry!
]
css for the menu
.selectedanchor{ /*CSS class that gets added to the currently selected anchor link (assuming it's a text link)*/
}
/* ######### Default class for drop down menus ######### */
.anylinkmenu{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
visibility: hidden;
font: normal 13px Arial;
line-height: 18px;
background: #000000;
width: 85px; /* default width for menu */
}
.anylinkmenu ul{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
}
.anylinkmenu ul li a{
width: 100%;
display: block;
color: #00AFEF;
text-indent: 10px;
padding: 2px 0;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
text-indent: 5px;
}
.anylinkmenu a:hover{ /*hover background color*/
background: black;
color: #00AFEF;
text-decoration: underline;
}
/* ######### Alternate multi-column class for drop down menus ######### */
.anylinkmenucols{
position: absolute;
width: 350px;
left: 0;
top: 0;
visibility: hidden;
border: 1px solid black;
padding: 10px;
font: normal 12px Verdana;
z-index: 100; /*zIndex should be greater than that of shadow's below*/
background: #E9E9E9;
}
.anylinkmenucols li{
padding-bottom: 3px;
}
.anylinkmenucols .column{
float: left;
padding: 3px 8px;
margin-right: 5px;
background: #E0E0E0;
}
.anylinkmenucols .column ul{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
}