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
(View Demo)
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).
January 4th, 2008 at 4:01 am
Great Work!!! Can I use it to my personal website?!!
January 4th, 2008 at 3:52 am
I like.. i like…
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:51 pm
using this dock menu under a logo image that’s 265px tall, but on first load, the mouse over is fubar… when i mouse over the menu, it doesn’t fisheye, but if i mouse over the top of the logo image, the dock fisheye’s… (see http://www.pcrepairbytbare.com/test/pcrepairshot.jpg).
any ideas why? send me an e-mail @ tim@pcrepairbytbare.com if you have any ideas! thanks!
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:05 pm
for a circular css menu: http://metalize.liveonstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/index.html
December 31st, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Thank you! I especially love the gradual size increase as the mouse approaches
December 28th, 2007 at 8:01 am
Hi,
This is great, but does anyone know how to re-position the icons, for example, in a circular fashion? Rather than linear?
Please let me know. Thanks. Justin.
December 26th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
This is a great idea. Only one issue that I see for now. When your mouse approaches the element, they enlarge prematurely. It should not enlarge until you mouse over the actual element.
December 22nd, 2007 at 11:04 pm
its great! thanks
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:06 pm
Superb! It looks pretty cool.
December 22nd, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Hi,
Its a cool launcher-like menu. And the demo works flawlessly well, although the final implementation on my WP blog doesnt. :(
I configured it to suit the settings you have mentioned and it gives the following output. (no menu bar is displayed. It sticks to the left of the screen! :( )
http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=idockproblemad2.png
Seems I have messed up something but what!? I am not a pro at CSS. Need your help in this. Thanks in advance.