markwill2112 Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 Quick question: what is this type of menu referred to as - when you hover over a link and another menu with links appears? I am working on one and am looking for some code ideas to develop further what I have created to date. This is an example of the kind of menu I am referring to: http://www.pielframa.com/menu_smartphone_cases.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 I'd usually call it a "dropdown" or "suckerfish" menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwill2112 Posted August 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 I'd usually call it a "dropdown" or "suckerfish" menu. I'd never heard of suckerfish. Dropdown is what I know, but I think of that more of an 'old-fashioned' type, but I gues yes it is the same things just a modern spin on it. I was just thinking whether they had a name for when it appears 'out of thin air' so to speak in this 'up-to-date- way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeDev Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 it's called a Fade effect. These effects can be very easily achieved using the recent Javascript libraries such as: jQuery, mooTools, Scriptaculous and YUI Library etc. Basically it's manipulating the element's opacity incrementally using a loop probably, so it appears as though it's fading in and fading out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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