Interesting jQuery multicolumn dropdown menu plugin
June 20, 2008 · 7 Comments
A client I have been working with just released their first open source project: a multicolumn dropdown menu plugin for jQuery. Their use case is to allow users to easily navigate complex hierarchical menus of options either via the mouse or via the keyboard.
I had nothing to do with this project but given my recent interest in jQuery, I felt it was worth blogging about. I think it really shows the power and simplicity of jQuery.
Tags: coldfusion · jquery · oss
7 responses so far ↓
1 charlie griefer // Jun 20, 2008 at 7:57 PM
http://blog.pengoworks.com/index.cfm/2008/6/18/Multicolumn-Dropdown-jQuery-Plugin-Released
2 Sean Corfield // Jun 21, 2008 at 3:38 AM
3 Jim Priest // Jun 21, 2008 at 6:17 AM
4 Dan G. Switzer, II // Jun 23, 2008 at 6:42 AM
Thanks for the mention, we think we've come up with a solution that works very well for our use case and thought it would be beneficial to others.
5 Dave Phipps // Jun 25, 2008 at 1:16 PM
Just found a possible bug/feature? FF3 on OSX. On the demo page the menu works initially very well. I select a menu item, say: Art & Humanities:Photography:Digital. If I then use the left arrow key on the keyboard to go back up the menu then strange things happen. The Art & Humanties section is too big (I guess where the other menus used to be) and the sub-menus no longer pop-out.
Clicking off of the menu resolves it.
Is this a bug or am I just using the wrong keys ;)
6 Dan G. Switzer, II // Jun 26, 2008 at 6:34 AM
A new version was just released that should resolve the issue you were seeing. It was a weird problem in FF3 when using the mouse first and then using keyboard entry.
http://www.givainc.com/labs/mcdropdown_jquery_plugin.htm
7 Dave Phipps // Jun 26, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Working perfectly on FF3 on OS X.
Cheers!
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