please help me with this roll up/down side bar menu.
I have made a video clip to demonstrate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eegqh1w3eJQ
Here is html code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Mode 1</title>
<link href="Style_sheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="Display text.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="Body">
<div class="header">
<h1 id="head">Manage Components</h1>
<h3 id="select-system">Select System</h3>
</div>
<div class="side-nav">
<a href="#" onclick="show('n1')" id="english">57.102 Introductory Spanish</a><br />
<div id="n1" style="display:none">
<a href="#" onclick="show('n2')" id="green">Section 1:Introduction to Spanish Culture</a><br />
<div id="n2" style="display:none">
<a href="#" id="dark_red">Topic 1:Getting started</a><br />
<a href="#" id="dark_red">Topic 2:Introduction to Grammar</a><br /><br /><br />
</div>
<a href="#" onclick="show('n3')" id="green">Section 2:Getting started with reading and writing</a><br />
<div id="n3" style="display:none">
<a href="#" onclick="show('nn3')" id="dark_red">Topic 1:Reading Spanish</a><br />
<div id="nn3" style="display:none">
<a href="mode 1.html" onclick="show('nn4')" id="light_blue">Mode 1:Spanish Components</a>
<div id="nn4" style="display:none">
<a href="reading_spanish.html" id="red">Spanish Reading</a>
</div>
</div><br />
<a href="#" id="dark_red">Topic 2:Writing in Spanish</a><br />
</div>
</div><br />
<a href="#" onclick="show('m1')" id="english">Topic SuperMode</a><br />
<div id="m1" style="display:none">
<a href="#" id="green">Study Guide</a><br />
<a href="#" onclick="show('m2')" id="green">Key Words</a><br />
<div id="m2" style="display:none">
<a href="#" id="dark_red">Pragmatics</a><br />
<a href="#" id="dark_red">Manana</a><br />
<a href="#" id="dark_red">Tiempo</a><br />
<a href="#" id="dark_red">Cara</a><br />
<a href="#" id="dark_red">Triste</a><br />
</div>
<a href="#" id="green">Learning Support</a><br />
<a href="#" id="green">Help</a><br />
<a href="#" id="green">Chat</a><br />
<a href="#" id="green">Email</a><br />
<a href="#" id="green">Notes</a><br />
</div><br />
<a href="#" onclick="show('p1')" id="english">Pre-defined modes</a><br />
<div id="p1" style="display:none">
<a href="#" id="green">Culture aspects</a><br />
<a href="#" id="green">Reading practice</a><br />
<a href="#" id="green">Writing practice</a><br />
<a href="#" id="green">Listening and speaking</a><br />
</div>
</div>
<div id="slection">
57.102 Introductory Spanish > Section 1 > Topic 1 > Mode 1
</div>
<div id="content">
<p id="list-component">List of Available Components </p>
<!--<div id="check-box">
<input type="checkbox" value="checkbox1" />
<label id="label">Reading</label>
<label id="label2">15-10-2010</label>
<label id="label">10:52</label>
<label id="label2">Kemp</label><br />
<input type="checkbox" value="checkbox2" />
<label id="label">Listening</label>
<label id="label2">14-10-2010</label>
<label id="label">8:02</label>
<label id="label2">Kemp</label><br />
<input type="checkbox" value="checkbox3" />
<label id="label">Writing</label>
<label id="label2">10-10-2010</label>
<label id="label">7:35</label>
<label id="label2">Kemp</label><br />
<input type="checkbox" value="checkbox4" />
<label id="label">Grammar</label>
<label id="label2">01-10-2010</label>
<label id="label">4:20</label>
<label id="label2">Kemp</label><br />
</div>-->
<table id="tabl">
<tr>
<td><input type="checkbox" value="checkbox1" /></td>
<td>Reading</td>
<td>15-10-2010</td>
<td>10:52</td>
<td>Kemp</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="checkbox" value="checkbox2" /></td>
<td>Listening</td>
<td>14-10-2010</td>
<td>08:02</td>
<td>Kemp</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="checkbox" value="checkbox3" /></td>
<td>Writing</td>
<td>10-10-2010</td>
<td>07:35</td>
<td>Kemp</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="checkbox" value="checkbox4" /></td>
<td>Grammar</td>
<td>01-10-2010</td>
<td>04:20</td>
<td>Kemp</td>
</tr>
</table><br />
<input type="button" name="edit_button" id="save_but" value="Edit" />
<input type="button" name="delete_button" id="cancel_but" value="Delete" />
<input type="button" name="Student Preview" id="cancel_but" value="preview" onclick="window.location.href='student_preview.html'" />
<input type="button" name="back" id="preview-but" value="Back" />
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Here is javascript
function show(id)
{
object=document.getElementById(id);
if(object.style.display=="none")
{
object.style.display="";
}
else
{
object.style.display="none";
}
}
Here is CSS
@charset "utf-8";
/* CSS Document */
html,body{
padding:0;
margin:0;
background-color:#E8E8E8;
}
.Body{
background-color:#FFF;
width:1050px;
height:900px;
margin:auto;
padding:0;
position:relative;
}
.header{
background-color:#FFF;
width:1048px;
height:140px;
float:right;
border:1px #F00 dotted;
position:relative;
}
.header #head{
text-align:center;
font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-size:46px;
}
.header #select-system{
position:absolute;
left:20px;
bottom:-18px;
font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
text-decoration:underline;
}
.side-nav{
background-color:#FFF;
width:250px;
height:757px;
position:absolute;
left:auto;
bottom:0px;
border:1px dotted #F00;
}
.side-nav #english{
text-decoration:none;
font-size:18px;
font-weight:bold;
padding:5px;
color:#06F;
}
.side-nav #blue{
color:#03F;
text-decoration:none;
font-weight:bold;
font-size:14px;
}
.side-nav #green{
color:#6F0;
text-decoration:none;
font-size:14px;
font-weight:bold;
padding-left:15px;
}
.side-nav #dark_red{
color:#900;
text-decoration:none;
font-size:14px;
font-weight:bold;
padding-left:30px;
}
.side-nav #light_blue{
color:#0CF;
text-decoration:none;
font-size:14px;
font-weight:bold;
padding-left:45px;
}
.side-nav #red{
color:#F00;
text-decoration:none;
font-size:14px;
font-weight:bold;
padding-left:60px;
}
.Body #content{
position:absolute;
left:260px;
top:180px;
width:780px;
height:700px;
border:1px solid #F00;
}
.Body #content1{
position:absolute;
left:260px;
top:150px;
width:780px;
height:740px;
border:1px solid #F00;
}
.Body #txt{
margin-left:20px;
}
.Body #slection{
position:absolute;
left:260px;
top:150px;
font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-size:16px;
color:#F00;
font-weight:bold;
}
.Body #boxes{
border:2px solid #000;
margin-left:10px;
margin-top:10px;
height:25px;
}
.Body #text{
font-weight:bold;
font-size:20px;
margin-left:20px;
margin-top:10px;
}
.Body #cont_box{
width:730px;
height:180px;
border:2px solid #000;
margin-left:20px;
font-size:20px;
color:#00F;
padding:5px;
}
.Body #cont_box1{
width:730px;
height:280px;
border:2px solid #F60;
margin-left:13px;
font-size:20px;
color:#06F;
padding:10px;
}
.Body #cont_box2{
width:645px;
height:350px;
border:2px solid #F60;
margin-left:60px;
font-size:20px;
color:#06F;
}
.Body #browse_box{
border:2px solid #000;
margin-left:150px;
margin-bottom:10px;
height:25px;
width:400px;
}
.Body #button{
width:65px;
height:30px;
font-weight:700;
color:#03F;
margin-left:10px;
}
.Body #button:hover{
background-color:#09F;
}
.Body #button_more{
width:65px;
height:30px;
font-weight:700;
color:#03F;
margin-left:567px;
}
.Body #save_but{
width:65px;
height:30px;
font-weight:700;
color:#03F;
margin-left:150px;
}
.Body #cancel_but{
width:65px;
height:30px;
font-weight:700;
color:#03F;
margin-left:20px;
}
.Body #preview-but{
width:65px;
height:30px;
font-weight:700;
color:#03F;
margin-left:100px;
}
.Body #preview-but:hover{
color:#009;
}
.Body #checkbox{
margin-left:150px;
height:20px;
}
.Body #dropdownbox{
width:180px;
height:30px;
position:absolute;
left:280px;
top:10px;
}
.Body #b1{
text-align:center;
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:36px;
color:#F00;
}
.Body #icons{
width:130px;
height:140px;
margin-right:10px;
margin-left:60px;
margin-top:50px;
float:left;
}
.Body #text_icons{
width:190px;
height:15px;
float:left;
font-size:14px;
text-decoration:none;
color:#06F;
margin-left:20px;
margin-right:5px;
}
.Body #extra-materials{
font-size:18px;
text-decoration:none;
margin-left:60px;
color:#06F;
}
.Body #extra-materials:hover{
text-decoration:underline;
}
.Body #list-component{
margin-left:40px;
font-size:18px;
font-weight:bold;
}
.Body #check-box{
margin-left:150px;
}
.Body #label{
margin-left:30px;
}
.Body #label2{
margin-left:80px;
}
.Body #tabl{
border:hidden;
width:500px;
height:10px;
margin-left:150px;
margin-top:50px;
}
Please help!!!
Thanks in advance!
It looks to me that your problem lies in the fact that your “Spanish Component” link sends you to a different .html page. When the new page loads, the menu on the left side of the page also reloads to its original state (with everything hidden, or “rolled up” as you say). So, the two solutions I can see are:
(1) Don’t let the page reload.
(2) Save the state of the menu, and send that state to the new page (mode 1.html), so when the new page loads, you can load the menu appropriately.
To implement the first solution, I would use AJAX to dynamically get the data from mode 1.html and display it on the page without the page reloading. If you are unfamiliar with AJAX w3schools.com has a pretty good tutorial here.
To implement the second solution, you need a way to save the state, then send it to the next page. This would probably require some server-side scripting, and even then probably wouldn’t work as well as the first solution, so I would suggest sticking with the AJAX solution.