Menubars with HTML? | WPDFD.com Forums

Vladimir said:

01/06/04, 006 22 2004 2004:%i:1073434954 19:22:34

Is there any reason why (X)HTML does not include tags for 'dynamic' menubars? I mean, it would basically be like a drop-down list (for forms) except with subdirectories, customizable links, colors, and bullets.

Joe Gillespie said:

01/07/04, 007 59 2004 2004:%i:1073469559 04:59:19

Well, nothing major is going to change in HTML. XHTML is eXtensible, so there's a possibility for that to happen there but the backward compatibility could be a big problem.

Wouldn't the way to do it to be to use the existing form menu mechanism but be aable change the 'skin' with CSS? There could be a flat graphic 'skin' instead of the 3D one(s) we have now.

That brings up an interesting new topic - HTML/CSS Wish List

Baxter said:

02/12/04, 043 46 2004 2004:%i:1076611584 13:46:24

Vlad, xhtml does. It's called CSS, which will let you completely control what's visible and when. Unfortunately, IE doesn't hold up its end of the deal without some javascript help, but maybe someday....

Jdenny said:

03/30/04, 090 34 2004 2004:%i:1080642885 05:34:45

While a menu tag might have been useful in the context of web sites, it is not relevant for web pages (hypertext documents), but a list

is the nearest thing you can get.

Then use CSS to add presentation code so it looks like a menu bar;
And CSS/JavaScript to add behaviour code so it shows/hides the submenus.