Taco HTML Edit Help > Component Library > Navigation Menu
Add an animated Navigation Menu to a web site, with either horizontal or vertical orientation.

Terminology Note:
With this component, the term "Menu Title" is used to refer to the navigation menu's top-level items that are always visible. A "Menu Title" may have an associated menu with 1 or more "Menu Items". A "Menu Item" may in turn have an associated submenu with 1 or more "Submenu Items".
Internet Explorer 7+, Firefox 3+, Safari 4+

To appear correctly in Internet Explorer, Navigation Menu must be rendered in Internet Explorer's standards mode. To ensure this, make sure that a valid Document Type Definition appears at the beginning of the document, such as:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 TRANSITIONAL//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

Note: The Navigation Menu component uses the MooTools JavaScript framework, which is known to be incompatible with other JavaScript frameworks, including JQuery.
Unique Element ID
The value for the id attribute assigned to the inserted root HTML tag for the component. This value is used to uniquely identify the component.
Menu Orientation
Is this a vertical or horizontal navigation menu?
Menu Animation
How should the opening of a menu or submenu be animated?
Animation Duration
The length of time, in milliseconds, that animations should take when showing the opening and closing of menus.
Hide Delay
The length of time, in milliseconds, that a menu should remain displayed after the mouse leaves the menu area.
Title Item Auto-Width
Should menu titles be fixed width or size to fit the title text? This option is applicable only to horizontal menus.
Title Left/Right Padding
The left/right padding around title text, in pixels.
Title Top/Bottom Padding
The top/bottom padding around title text, in pixels.
Title Background Color
The background color for menu titles.
Title Border Width
The width of the border around all of the menu titles, in pixels. This option is applicable only to vertical menus.
Title Border Color
The color of the border around all of the menu titles. This option is applicable only to vertical menus.
Title Item Separator Color
The color of the line that separates menu titles. Set this to match the background color if no separator is desired.
Title Font Color
The color of menu title text.
Hover Title BG Color
The background color for a menu title when the mouse is hovering over it.
Hover Title Font Color
The text color for a menu title when the mouse is hovering over it.
Title Font
The font of menu title text.
Show Menu Arrows
Should arrows appear next to titles that have an associated menu? Note that there is a separate arrows option for submenus (see Options: Menu Appearance).
Menu Arrows Color
The color of top level menu arrows in the default state.
Hover Menu Arrows Color
The color of top level menu arrows when the mouse is hovering over the associated menu title.
Menu Item Auto-Width
Should menus automatically size to fit the widest menu item?
Menu Item Width
The width of all menu items, in pixels. This option is applicable only if Menu Item Auto-Width is not selected.
Menu Item Left/Right Padding
The left/right padding around menu item text, in pixels.
Menu Item Top/Bottom Padding
The top/bottom padding around menu item text, in pixels.
Menu Opacity
The opacity of menus. The maximum value, 100%, means that menus are completely opaque. Lower values mean that menus are partially transparent.
Menu Background Color
The background color of menu items.
Menu Border Color
The color of the border that surrounds a menu.
Menu Item Separator Color
The color of the separator between menu items. If no separator is desired, set this color to match Menu Background Color.
Menu Font Color
The color of menu item text.
Hover Menu BG Color
The background color of a menu item when the mouse is hovering over it.
Hover Menu Font Color
The text color for a menu item when the mouse is hovering over it.
Menu Font
The font of menu item text.
Show Submenu Arrows
Should arrows appear next to menu item titles for items that have an associated submenu?
Submenu Arrows Color
The color of submenu arrows in the default state.
Hover Submenu Arrows Color
The color of the submenu arrow for a menu item when the mouse is hovering over the menu item.
Number of Menu Titles
The number of top-level menu titles.
Title
The text title of a top-level menu.
Title Link
The URL to which a menu title should link when clicked. Leave empty if the menu title should not link to any URL (it may just have a menu).
Number of Menu Items
The number of menu items available under a particular menu title. Set this option to "0" if a menu title should not have a menu under it.
Item Title
The text title of a menu item.
Item Link
The URL to which a menu item should link when clicked. Leave empty if the menu item should not link to any URL (it may just have a submenu).
Number of Submenu Items
The number of submenu items available under a particular menu item. Set this option to "0" if a menu item should not have a submenu under it.
Submenu Item Title
The text title of a submenu item.
Submenu Item Link
The URL to which a submenu item should link when clicked.