Open menu UP

Suite and Optimus Suite 5
#1

I want to use xMenu as a replacement for a combo box (not an xCombo) (need submenus) that is near the bottom of the window, not at the top like a regular menu. So when it is opened it gets cut off. Is there a way to say open UP, not down?



Will have to also open UP sub-menus, also.



If it could decide automatically would be best.

#2

Edit the dhtmlxmenu.js file:

this._showPolygon = function(id, openType) {
    // add first line
    if (openType == “bottom”) { openType = “top”; }
    …
}


Sub-menues could also be assigned to different openType, but global behaviour could be broken.
Use it at your risk.

#3


Thanks.  That did work.  But I can’t use it since it will make my menu bar at the top also open upwards.  Will have to do some more thinking.



 

#4

Right,

try this code:

add 3rd parameter into constructor like this:

function dhtmlXMenuObject(baseId, skin, openUp) {
    …
    // also add this
    this.openUp = ( openUp === true ? true : false );
    …

then edit the this._showPolygon function:

this._showPolygon = function(id, openType) {
    // add first line
    if (openType == “bottom” && this.openUp == true) { openType = “top”; }
    …
}

And now init top menu using usual way, and bottom menu passing true into 3rd argument.

#5


That works great.  Now, can you also do the same for the sub-menus?



Thank you!

#6

Could you please attach any paint of how do you imagine this?
It needed for fixing positioning algorithm.

#7


Will this become a standard feature?  I updated to 2.1 and had to go back and do the above over again.  I could see other people using it like I do.



 

#8


Hello,


possibly this solution will be included into the official release (but we don’t yet reach a final decision).