Hiermenus Go Forth, VI - DHTML Lab

HM_PG_ClickStart

Description

Sets the top-level-menu display event to link "click" (if true) and "mouseover" (if false) for all menu trees in the page.

Menu displays with click:

Menu displays with mouseover:

HM_PG_ClickStart overrides site-wide global settings declared in the external script.

HM_PG_ClickStart can be overruled on a per-tree basis by the top_is_permanent parameter element in top-level menu arrays, which causes the top-level menu to be permanently visible and its display is not instigated by any user action.

Value

Boolean.
May be specified as:

true Boolean (true / false)
integer Boolean (1 / 0)
string
string JS expression to be evaluated

Example Values

true Boolean: true

clicks

true Boolean: false

mouses over

integer Boolean: 1

clicks

integer Boolean: 0

mouses over

string: "true"

clicks

string: "false"

mouses over

JS expression: "getClickStart()"

HM_PG_ClickStart

JS expression: "(isMac) ? false : true)"

HM_PG_ClickStart

false

true

Default

If this parameter is omitted, the relevant Global Parameter value set in the external script is used.

Differences from Version 3 equivalent

The clickStart parameter in Version 3:

was mandatory.
did not accept JS expression values.

Comments

HM_PG_ClickStart sets the user event dynamically. Do not set the link event to onClick. Links should always have an onMouseOver event. In this way, we minimize HTML page code interventions.