This is awesome! I think my thoughts of using Jquery for all my UI needs could be realized. I´ve got 2 questions:
1. When would this be an official Plug in? 2. Has someone tried putting other elements in the Accordion? I have seen some with images, textboxes, checkboxes and what not in them. Rock on! Good work guys On Aug 4, 9:08 am, "Dragan Krstic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is accordion for showin', man! > > 2007/8/4, Dan G. Switzer, II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > Mitchell, > > > >Hi John > > > >I set up your menu so its as close to the one from Adobe as I could, > > given > > >my meager knowledgebase. > > > >Adobe > > >http://www.whatbird.com/wwwroot/Components/Accordion%20Menu.html > > > >Resig > > >http://www.whatbird.com/wwwroot/Components/Accordion%20Menu_Resig.html > > > >There are two things missing from Resig I would love to see. Maybe others > > >won't care about these. > > > >1. Adobe changes color when you click on the accordian, and gives it > > >focus. That's a nice thing. Click outside and it loses focus and goes > > page > > >to the default colors. > > > >2. I could not figure out how to use other easing effects, which would > > >make it more flexible. I do see how to control the duration. > > > >I moved the css into an external sheet along with the JS. > > > >Regardless you have created an amazing plug in and I urge you to continue > > >to work on it. I've looked at a ton of accordions and this one makes the > > >others look like dark stuff that smells funny. The official jQ accordian > > is > > >the pits IMHO. > > > I threw together a really quick plug-in based on John's code and your > > example. I also addressed the issues you list above. > > >http://www.pengoworks.com/workshop/jquery/resig_accordion.htm > > > I changed a few things about the CSS declarations and the plug-in is based > > on John's original code--so I take no credit for that. > > > Just thought it looked like something to do while drinking a few > > Michelobs. > > > Click the "Toggle Easing" to see a different "Easing" algorithm at work. > > Not > > all of the algorithms provide a very good effect, so be careful with the > > easing you test. > > > Also, instead of placing an onclick event to handle sound, I added an > > onSelected event handler you use to attach an additional "onclick" effect. > > > I debated getting rid of the need for the anchor tag altogether inside the > > <dt> element, but decided the <a> element allowed for good unobtrusive > > behavior. > > > Obviously, this is a very basic plug-in. > > > -Dan > > -- > Dragan Krstić krdrhttp://krdr.ebloggy.com/
