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).
July 16th, 2007 at 10:26 am
Hi, Great tool but have some issues with safari3. you should check that
July 14th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Your iTheme is a really great idea. Thank you for sharing another addition for it =]
July 13th, 2007 at 12:03 am
Great stuff!!
I’d really like to make it a vertical menu (icons down the left or right side). Having trouble seeing how to do this… any chance of another version or assistance? :)
July 12th, 2007 at 11:23 am
There is really no way to convert it over, but you can use this script.
July 9th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
hey that´s just fantastic work! I love it so much. I was searching a dock like thing but for mootools insteadt og jquery. if somebody has a clue on how to convert it for the mootools framework please contact me
July 6th, 2007 at 2:52 am
tanks is best
July 6th, 2007 at 2:49 am
thanks.
nice
July 5th, 2007 at 9:14 am
Hi everybody
Has someone made that code working vor vertical menues or for a matrix of pictures (like in a picture gallery) where you can hover over them?
Best regards
P.S. Great menu by the way
July 5th, 2007 at 6:13 am
thnx man… really great menu.. i was wondering about the fonts though… can we use them in a commercial project? :D
July 2nd, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Nice