Description: This is a mouseover tabs menu. Move the mouse over designated links, and additional "sub links" appear beneath it. Think of it as an inline two level menu.

We intentionally made this script with a minimum amount of styling, so you can personalize its look yourself. As an example, the main links could be substituted with "tab" images instead.

Demo:

JavaScript Kit | Freewarejava

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Directions

Just insert the below code into the BODY section of your page where you wish the menu to appear:

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<!--Links used to initiate the sub menus. Pass in the desired submenu index numbers (ie: 0, 1) --> <a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com" onMouseover="showit(0)">JavaScript Kit</a> | <a href="http://freewarejava.com" onMouseover="showit(1)">Freewarejava</a><br> <!-- Edit the dimensions of the below, plus background color--> <ilayer width=400 height=32 name="dep1" bgColor="#E6E6FF"> <layer name="dep2" width=400 height=32> </layer> </ilayer> <div id="describe" style="background-color:#E6E6FF;width:400px;height:32px" onMouseover="clear_delayhide()" onMouseout="resetit(event)"></div> <script language="JavaScript1.2"> /* Tabs Menu (mouseover)- By Dynamic Drive For full source code and more DHTML scripts, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com This credit MUST stay intact for use */ var submenu=new Array() //Set submenu contents. Expand as needed. For each content, make sure everything exists on ONE LINE. Otherwise, there will be JS errors. submenu[0]='<font size="2" face="Verdana"><b><a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/cutpastejava.shtml">Scripts</a> | <a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/javaindex.shtml">JS tutorials</a> | <a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/javatutors/index.shtml">Advanced JS tutorials</a> | <a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/java/">Applets</a> | <a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/">Web Tutorials</a></b></font>' submenu[1]='<font size="2" face="Verdana"><b><a href="http://freewarejava.com/applets/index.shtml">Applets</a> | <a href="http://freewarejava.com/tutorials/index.shtml">Tutorials</a> | <a href="http://freewarejava.com/javasites/index.shtml">Sites and Zines</a> | <a href="http://freewarejava.com/jsp/index.shtml">JSP</a></b></font>' //Set delay before submenu disappears after mouse moves out of it (in milliseconds) var delay_hide=500 /////No need to edit beyond here var menuobj=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("describe") : document.all? document.all.describe : document.layers? document.dep1.document.dep2 : "" function showit(which){ clear_delayhide() thecontent=(which==-1)? "" : submenu[which] if (document.getElementById||document.all) menuobj.innerHTML=thecontent else if (document.layers){ menuobj.document.write(thecontent) menuobj.document.close() } } function resetit(e){ if (document.all&&!menuobj.contains(e.toElement)) delayhide=setTimeout("showit(-1)",delay_hide) else if (document.getElementById&&e.currentTarget!= e.relatedTarget&& !contains_ns6(e.currentTarget, e.relatedTarget)) delayhide=setTimeout("showit(-1)",delay_hide) } function clear_delayhide(){ if (window.delayhide) clearTimeout(delayhide) } function contains_ns6(a, b) { while (b.parentNode) if ((b = b.parentNode) == a) return true; return false; } </script>

Configuring the menu

Configuring the menu is essentially a 3 step process. Firstly, modify the main links to your own. Then, specify the dimensions (width/height) of the container holding the sublinks. Finally, input the sub links themselves inside the script.