CSS Dock Menu

May 8th, 2007 Filed in: Design, Mac Jump to comments

If you are a big Mac fan, you will love this CSS dock menu that I designed. It is using Jquery Javascript library and Fisheye component from Interface and some of my icons. It comes with two dock styles - top and bottom. This CSS dock menu is perfert to add on to my iTheme. Here I will show you how to implement it to your web page.

Download CSS Dock Menu

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Zip package included JS, CSS, and icons

1. Download source files

Download the CSS dock menu zip package.

2. Insert code

In between the HTML <head> tag, add the following code

<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/interface.js"></script>

<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

<!--[if lt IE 7]> <style type="text/css"> .dock img { behavior: url(iepngfix.htc) } </style> <![endif]–>

The first part is the Javascript, second part is CSS stylesheet, and last part is the PNG hack for IE 6.

3. Configuration

Don’t forget to add the following code to anywhere within the <body> tag:

<script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready( function() { $(’#dock2′).Fisheye( { maxWidth: 60, items: ‘a’, itemsText: ’span’, container: ‘.dock-container2′, itemWidth: 40, proximity: 80, alignment : ‘left’, valign: ‘bottom’, halign : ‘center’ } ) } ); </script>

4. Add or remove item

To add menu item to the top dock (note: span tag is after the img tag):

<a class="dock-item" href="#"><img src="images/home.png" alt="home" /><span>Home</span></a>

To add menu item to the bottom dock (note: span tag is before the img tag):

<a class="dock-item2" href="#"><span>Home</span><img src="images/home.png" alt="home" /></a>

Browser Compatibility

I have tested on IE 6, IE 7, Opera 9, Firefox 2, and Safari 2 (although there are some minor rendering issues with Safari).

Olmec Sinclair

# 182

May 23rd, 2007 at 9:17 pm

Very nice. I have seen a lot of cool things done with CSS but this is one of the most impressive. Well done.

I doubt I’ll find a use for it but who knows.

Kobe

# 181

May 23rd, 2007 at 7:04 pm

It is by far the best theme i’ve ever seen and trust me i have seen many till now searching for the best.

I’d definitely use it in my blog but i’d like to ask a question first:is there a way to add a second sidebar to the left of the main menu?is this something that can be done easily or should i look for something else (again)?

I’d appreciate it if u could give me an answer.Thanks in advance and regards from Greece ;)