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).
May 9th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Great stuff!!
May 9th, 2007 at 11:18 am
Menu’s very cool, however a bit intensive on the js but isn’t really suitable for general web menus. Ideal for web apps perhaps.
May 9th, 2007 at 11:02 am
Whats really nice is the fact that this actually works with IE to, b/c you know the majority of ppl use IE still.
May 9th, 2007 at 10:55 am
Could someone be kind enough to tell me how to install this, there are no real instructions.
Thanks in advance,
James
May 9th, 2007 at 10:35 am
but, I have a question. If we put it on iTheme, there is alredy have menu bar. So we will have 2 menu bar?
May 9th, 2007 at 10:31 am
iTheme should be include this CSS. It’ll be the greatest theme for Mac.Thanks alot.
May 9th, 2007 at 10:25 am
So how do we add this menu to a ithemed wordpress? I’m guessing we add the .js to the header, but which file does the configuration go?
May 9th, 2007 at 9:58 am
Nice looking, and nicely implemented. But the magic here is mostly all in the javascript, and mostly thanks to the magic of jQuery and Interface.
Calling this a “CSS Dock Menu” is a tad misleading.
May 9th, 2007 at 9:52 am
You’ve done a great job! Thanks for developing this amazing menu - i’ll use it soon!
May 9th, 2007 at 9:50 am
wow. this is just awesome. one of the best visual implementations of JS i’ve seen in a long time.