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.
Update: I no longer support the questons regard this script. If you like the HiGloss icons used in the demos, you can get them as stock icons at IconDock.
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).
March 31st, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Is there anyway to work around the Safari rendering issues? Everything looks great til I refresh!
March 27th, 2008 at 3:13 am
Hi, nice job. But how to put in into your itheme?
Please help!
March 24th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
very nice web site!
Resumindo: muito bonito.(pt-br)
March 23rd, 2008 at 11:32 am
U ROCK!!!! who ever made this dock
March 22nd, 2008 at 10:46 am
alright, it seems that there some sort of conflict inside the tags with the string: /js/prototype.lite.js”> that controls another element of my blog.
I’m not an expert but can’t I just make both js (”interface.js + jquery.js” and prototype.lite.js) altogether inside my head tags?
March 22nd, 2008 at 10:10 am
I love it but can’t just get it to work inside my WordPress theme! I call jquery.js and interface.js within my tags and then put the rest inside the body tag but all i get is a non moving icon (the last of the 6 icons i put) stuck somewhere in the middle-left border of the screen. what am i forgettin?
March 21st, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Just read the article, and I must say it’s wonderful
March 20th, 2008 at 12:56 am
thank you for your generation,your good job is a
perfect visual effect solution!
i’m far away from you, still thank you very much
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..