Pixel Handler

This is my first post of social code using the github repository at :
http://github.com/pixelhandler/jQuery-MenuTree-Plugin/

A JavaScript plugin based on jQuery library that builds an expandable/collapsable menu tree from a list element

• Requires JavaScript library: jQuery

• Developed using jQuery version 1.4 … Plugin page

• Demo of the plugin behavior showing both lists and definition list… Demo

• Status : New plugin, give it a try!

• Tracer plugin added and featured with demo.

• Blog post for MenuTree plugin on my blog… Blog

How to build a menu tree that is expandable with jQuery

Your html will need to link to the jQuery plugin in the head element

Your html markup needs to use a list like…

Tree Menu - toggle OR slideToggle animation

Top Parent - Tier 1

Child - Tier 2

Pixelhandler - Tier 3
jQuery - Tier 3




Lower Parent - Tier 1

Child - Tier 2

Grandchild - Tier 3 - One
Grandchild - Tier 3 - Two







Definition list - Term 1
Description not targeted,
    uses CSS classes to collapse/expanded view

Term 2
Description 2 with links listed

Pixelhandler
jQuery


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Description 4 with unordered list

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menuTree plugin plugin uses a few CSS classes for visual design…

#myTree .menuTree:before {
	content: "[+] ";
}

#myTree .expanded:before {
	content: "[-] ";
}

#myTree .collapsed {
	display: none;
}

At the end of your html markup, before the closing body element use a script to setup the function…

$(document).ready(function() {

	$('#myTree').menuTree({
    	animation: true,
		handler: 'slideToggle',
		hrefBegins: '#',
		trace: true
	});

});

This plugin has default options which you may override. The animation option may use jQuery toggle or slideToggle methods, or just use the default css option to show/hide the child list(s).

When called with the animation: true option the plugin uses the handler option to select slideToggle or toggle method to add effects to the display of child menu(s). You may set the speed as you please, e.g. speed: ’slow’. Also, you may indicate what the child menu(s) are marked up with, e.g. listElement: ‘ol’ instead of the default listElement: ‘ul’

The default options:

$.fn.menuTree.defaults = {

	// setup animation
	animation: false,
	handler: 'css',
	speed: 'fast',
	// setup hooks in markup
	listElement: 'ul',
	hrefBegins: '#',
	// uses 'tracer' plugin
	trace: false
};

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them on the jQuery
meetup site, found here:
http://meetups.jquery.com/group/jquerylosangeles

This year I set a goal to learn Adobe Flex 3. I have found the help of other professionals and the OCFlex.org user group. Besides the Flex Video Training, I found that the best source of understanding ActionScript using the MXML library is by reading and coding the examples in the book “First Steps in Flex”. To keep myself accountable to this goal, I agreed to train my cousin in learning Flex programming; is who is on the road to becoming a web developer. It turns out that my cousin’s friend is a top-notch programmer and loves the Flash platform. He challenged us to just start building a simple application, a calculator. So, this is our first iteration of a calculator programmed with Flex 3: