Chromatophore features the exciting and exclusive RokMooMenu system for the ultimate in menu functionality and style, as well as the popular and reliable RTSplitMenu. An option for Suckerfish is also included. Here you can read an overview of the menu configuration options.
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Selecting your Menu Style
Chromatophore allows you to choose from 3 menu options:
- RokMooMenu - The exciting new menu system based on the ever popular Suckerfish menu style, featuring mootools powered transitions and effects.
- Suckerfish - The versatile dropdown menu is now an option in combination with RokMooMenu to minimize library conflicts.
- SplitMenu - Then venerable SplitMenu is a solid choice for navigation. It works by rendering the top-level menu options horizontally, and the submenu/child items are rendered in a module on the side.
You can designate which menu type you want to use on your site with a single control in the template's index.php file which is editable via the Joomla Administrator as well as in an external text editor.
$menu_type = "moomenu"; // moomenu | suckerfish | splitmenu | module
The Powerful & Popular RokMooMenu
Making its return this month is the immensely popular RokMooMenu. This menu has been developed from scratch using the latest and greatest MooTools JavaScript framework. The RokMooMenu is a highly advanced and fully customizable menu system. Some of the great features include:- Hover support for IE6 using the sfHover javascript class just like in Suckerfish.
- Fully degradable to standard SuckerFish menu if javascript is not supported.
- Configurable mouse-out delay to allow for accidental mousing out of the menu.
- Completely customizable animation effects using MooTools transitions. Can be configured in X and/or Y directions.
- Support for fade-in transparency
- Experimental support for IE6 z-index bug using the iFrame hack.
<script type="text/javascript">
window.addEvent('domready', function() {
new Rokmoomenu($E('ul.menutop'), {
bgiframe: false,
delay: 500,
animate: {
props: ['opacity', 'width', 'height'],
opts: {
duration:400,
fps: 100,
transition: Fx.Transitions.Expo.easeOut
}
}
});
});
</script>
Menu Settings
- Bgiframe - Can be true or false. Only turn on if you are having problems with IE and z-index. This feature is experimental.
- Delay - Defaults to 500ms. This is the how long you can mouse off the menu before it vanishes.
- Props - These are the properties that will be applied to the menu. Can be any combination of opacity, width, height. The two properties, width and height are affected by the transition defined in opts.
- Duration - the time in ms the animation will run for.
- Fps - speed of the animation - leave at 100 for best results.
- Transitions - any of the available MooTools transitions. See below for more details.
For example, "Bounce.easeIn or Bounce.easeOut or Bounce.easeInOut" produce a bouncing effect.