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Asked: 2026-05-27T09:46:52+00:00

I’d like to use the vertical sliding/toggle menu, please see my code below, at

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I’d like to use the vertical sliding/toggle menu, please see my code below, at the moment the menu toggles only when you click on the + sign, please see the code below.

I’m trying to work out a way when you click on the category name eg Posts and the sub menu would open (same functionality with the +) and the page would go to Posts page. And when you click on the + sign, the function and the page stay the same.

How can I target this task? Your help / suggestion is appreciated.

Thank you!

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
body{background:#CCC;}
#container{margin:0 auto; background:white; border:1px solid #999; width:400px;       padding:20px; -moz-border-radius:10px;-webkit-border-radius:10px;  overflow:hidden;}
#menu {text-align:left;}
/*Toggle Area*/
#menu .toggle {float:right;width:9px; padding:5px; cursor:pointer; border-top:1px     solid white; border-left:1px solid #E0E0E0; color:#999;}
#menu ul.navmenu li:first-child .toggle{border-width:0 0 0 1px;}
/*Menu Setup*/
#menu ul{padding:0; margin:0; width:150px;}
#menu ul ul{border:1px solid #CCC;overflow:hidden;}
#menu ul.navmenu li {margin:0; list-style:none;float:left;}
#menu ul.navmenu li li {float:none;}
/*Links*/
#menu ul.navmenu a, #menu ul.navmenu a:visited {text-decoration:none; padding:5px; display:block; color:#008FDD;}
#menu ul.navmenu ul.submenu a:hover{background:#FFF4D2; color:#333;}
/*Heading Outer div*/
#menu ul.navmenu .menutop{border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:0 1px; overflow:hidden; width:150px; background:#F9F9F9; }
/*Header Links*/
#menu ul.navmenu .menutop a{width:120px;float:left;margin:0 0 1px 0; border-top:1px solid white;}
/*Header Link Hover*/
 #menu ul.navmenu .menutop a:hover{color:#333;}
/*Removes white border for the first header*/
 #menu ul.navmenu li:first-child .menutop a {border-width:0px;}
/*Single Menu Width Fix*/
#menu ul.navmenu .menusingle a{width:140px;}
/*Border Radius and Special Border Width*/
#menu ul.navmenu li:first-child .menutop{border-width:1px 1px 0 1px; -moz-border-radius:5px 5px 0 0;-webkit-border-top-left-radius:5px;-webkit-border-top-right-radius:5px;}
#menu ul.navmenu li:last-child .menutop{border-width:0px 1px 1px 1px; -moz-border-radius:0 0 5px 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius:5px;-webkit-border-bottom-right-radius:5px;}
 #menu ul.navmenu li:last-child ul.submenu{-moz-border-radius:0 0 5px 5px;-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius:5px;-webkit-border-bottom-right-radius:5px;}
#menu ul.navmenu li:last-child .menutop-open{-moz-border-radius:0;-webkit-border-radius:0px; border-width:0 1px;} 
</style>
<script src="http://jqueryjs.googlecode.com/files/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"   type="text/javascript">

</script>



<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
hideMenus();

$('.toggle').click(function(){
    var menu = $(this);
    hideMenus();

    if (menu.hasClass('toggle-open')) {     
        menuHide(menu);
    }else{
        menuShow(menu);
    }
});
});
 function hideMenus(){
$('.toggle').each(function(){
    menuHide($(this));
});
}

function menuHide(menu){ 
menu.removeClass('toggle-open').addClass('toggle-closed').empty('').append('+').parents('li').children('ul').slideUp(250); 
menu.parent('.menutop').removeClass('menutop-open').addClass('menutop-closed'); 
} 
function menuShow(menu){ 
menu.parent('.menutop').removeClass('menutop-closed').addClass('menutop-open'); 
menu.removeClass('toggle-closed').addClass('toggle-open').empty('').append('–').parents('li').children('ul').slideDown(250); 
}



</script>
</head>

<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="menu">
<ul class="navmenu">
<li><div class="menutop"><a href="#">Posts</a><div class="toggle">+</div></div>
 <ul class="submenu">
   <li><a href="#">Add New</a></li>
   <li><a href="#">Tags</a></li>
 </ul>
</li>
<li><div class="menutop"><a href="#">Pages</a><div class="toggle">+</div></div>
 <ul class="submenu">
   <li><a href="#">Add New</a></li>
   <li><a href="#">Edit</a></li>
 </ul>
</li>
<li><div class="menutop menusingle"><a href="#">Comments</a></div></li>
<li><div class="menutop"><a href="#">Users</a><div class="toggle">+</div></div>
 <ul class="submenu">
   <li><a href="#">Manage</a></li>
   <li><a href="#">Add New</a></li>
   <li><a href="#">Profile</a></li>
 </ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div></div>
</body>
</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    This is code I have used to do exactly that, except I used arrow images instead of + and – but you should be able to modify it. Hope it helps!

    Edit:
    I’ve put the code below onto JSFiddle so you can try it out: http://jsfiddle.net/CrxAg/3/

    HTML:

    <div id="menu">
    <div class="submenublock" id="submenu1"><h3>Category1</h3>
        <ul>
            <li><a href="page.html">option1</a></li>
            <li><a href="page.html">option2</a></li>
        </ul>
     </div>
    <div class="submenublock" id="submenu2"><h3>Category2</h3>
        <ul>
            <li><a href="page.html">option1</a></li>
            <li><a href="page.html">option2</a></li>
        </ul>
     </div>
</div>

    JS:

    $(document).ready(function(){
    $('div.submenublock > ul').hide();  
    $("div.submenublock > h3").css("background", "url(images/menuarrowdown.gif) no-repeat right bottom");

    $('div.submenublock > h3').click(function() {
        $(this).next().slideToggle('fast',function(){
            //set arrow depending on whether menu is shown or hidden
            if ($(this).is(':hidden')) {
                $(this).prev().css("background", "url(images/menuarrowdown.gif) no-repeat right bottom"); 
            } else {
                $(this).prev().css("background", "url(images/menuarrowup.gif) no-repeat right bottom"); 
            }
            return false;
        }); 
   });

    /* change appearance of h3 element on hover to make it look like a link */
    $('div.submenublock > h3').hover(over, out);
    function over(event) {
        $(this).find("a").css("color", "#663");
        $(this).css("cursor", "pointer");
    }
    function out(event) {
        $(this).find("a").css("color", "");
        $(this).css("cursor", "default");
    } 
    /*end hover code*/
});
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