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).
April 8th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
hi,
i need this menü with the function as a warapper menue how i can open a link in a iframe. have this menu this feature? i thing no … ?? its a very nice menue!!
April 8th, 2008 at 1:40 am
how can I change the background ?
April 6th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Nice, I really like it but…
I am trying to make it position: fixed as I want it on the bottom of the page at all times. if I fix the containing div the icons will remain on the bottom but the mouse over moves with the rest of the page. any suggestions?
April 6th, 2008 at 7:35 am
Really thanks
April 5th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
respect!
April 5th, 2008 at 7:24 am
It’s great! But is it possible to change position from horizontal to vertical ?
April 4th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
wow… what can i say. Very impressive work Nick
April 4th, 2008 at 10:24 am
in short and simple words:
I just love it
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:00 am
Let him have these comments, so that others come to know that, the design’s made by him, is of A class.
Great designs men, Keep it up !
March 31st, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Cool menu, but everytime i add some icons, it changes to “top” mode, expanding downwards and showing labels below the icons. What I’m doing wrong?
Thanks for the great job and hopefully advice.. :)
Peter