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Hiermenus Go Forth, I:
Version 4 - The External Arrays

Element 3 - font_color

Description

Sets the font color of the item text for the menu tree. All menus in the cascade (top-level and children) are affected.

Value

Hexadecimal color values or color name.
IE-only: CSS decimal RGB color value or user-defined system color.
May be specified as:

Example Values

string: "#99AD3F"

#99AD3F

string: "lightgreen"

All item text will display in light green.

Default

If omitted, all item text in the menu tree will display in the color set by the in-page Global Parameter Variables.

Differences from Version 3 equivalent

No difference from Version 3.

Comments

If you are writing for an IE-only environment, for example, a corporate intranet, you can also use:

CSS decimal RGB color values in the form: rgb(red green blue)
Ex. "rgb(205 5 122)"
user-defined system color values. See Column 24 for a complete list of these values.
Ex. "activecaption"

Element 4 - mouseover_font_color

Description

Sets the font color of the item text for items that are highlighted in the menu tree. All menus in the cascade (top-level and children) are affected.

Value

Hexadecimal color values or color name.
IE-only: CSS decimal RGB color value or user-defined system color.
May be specified as:

Example Values

string: "#34FF9D"

#34FF9D

string: "black"

All highlighted item text will display in black.

Default

If omitted, all highlighted item text in the menu tree will display in the color set by the in-page Global Parameter Variables.

Differences from Version 3 equivalent

No difference from Version 3.

Comments

If you are writing for an IE-only environment, for example, a corporate intranet, you can also use:

CSS decimal RGB color values in the form: rgb(red green blue)
Ex. "rgb(122 5 205)"
user-defined system color values. See Column 24 for a complete list of these values.
Ex. "highlighttext"

Next, the array parameter-elements that determine item background color.