Can someone explain this http/webpage term to me

[drivin_me_nuts]

I'm sure it's a simple explaination..

When you look at the PH page and you see the memu header options like 'My Info' 'This Forum' 'Members' etc and when you place the mouse over them you see the menu options appearing as a separate dropdown list.. what's the correct name for that feature? (and aren't they supposed to disappear again when you move the mouse away from the menu header?)

Cheers

(i'm trying (painfully!) today to resolve a website design and i'm not too familiar with some of the terms...give be SAP any day!)

[JamieBeeston]

Hmm..

I'd say they're just a mouse-over activated menu (or drop down menu) but I'm sure our designer chaps have their own cute name for them

nothing to do with http:// or webpages as such

[drivin_me_nuts]

Cheers ...then a 'mouse over activated menu' it'll be !

[Dogwatch]

Try reposting on Website Feedback? That's where the PH techie types are allowed out.

[ukvoyager.info]

"hover-over" I think is the correct term .

[simbax]

Hi there.

I'm a full time web developer and personally I would simply call it a dropdown menu.

To achieve it I would create a list of main menu items in a <ul> tag and style this to display horizontally or 'inline'. I would then have sub <ul> tags within the main menu <li> tags which will form your sub drop down menus. Again, these need to be styled with CSS to get the right look. By defualt these will be shown on screen so you need a combination of CSS and just a very small amount of Javascript to make them work. Doing it this way keeps your code semantic and completely usuable when styles are switched off.

Do a search on google and there are loads of solutions, but you'll need to get your hands dirty:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=css+dro...

Edited by simbax on Wednesday 9th April 14:59