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 to display probably in 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).
March 19th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
very nice !
March 18th, 2008 at 7:41 am
I want to use this Dock menu in GWT. This is Possible?.. Pls Replay Quick..
March 18th, 2008 at 7:39 am
This is Possible in GWT.
March 17th, 2008 at 5:43 am
Just read the article, and I must say it’s wonderful ;) Great job, mate. Keep it going ;)
March 14th, 2008 at 5:54 am
very good thank you
March 14th, 2008 at 4:57 am
Great job!!I wanna learn more and if possible upload more of your great job…thanks!
March 13th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Hi. Just wanted to say good job. Also i am a beginner in css, and i wanted to put the menu lower on the page. I moved the actual menu, but the area where the mouse needs to be for the buttons to magnify is still at the very top? can any1 send me an email at alexsb92 [at] hotmail.com on how can i fix this? i’d really appreciate it.
March 13th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
great work!
is it possible to change distance between icons ?
March 13th, 2008 at 6:55 am
The style and your script is great… thank you.
March 13th, 2008 at 6:51 am
bro! very nice work… thank you