Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by Neil Johnson -
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How can we get drop down menus like those just above the breadcrumb trail in the new look at Moodle.org?
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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by Dan Humpherson -
Here is basically an identical menu,

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/chrome/index.htm

You need to insert the code inside the header.html file, if you need help let me know!
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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by John Walsh -

Hello Left Foot,

I'm a little fuzzy on what code I should insert (and where) in my header file to get the drop downs to run.

I'm using custom corners and I can send over my header.html file if you'd like.

Best

John

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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by Laura Koepke -

Hi John,

I'm interested in this as well.  I am trying to upgrade to a new Moodle theme but my drop-down menu breaks in IE8.  I've tried to use the menu from Dynamic Drive but I can't get the menus to drop down.  What if anything should I remove from header.html before inserting the <ul> items?

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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by Dan Humpherson -

I have implemented here: EduMoodle Standard Theme with Moodle.org 'like' menu

I've attached the Theme to this post.
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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by Laura Koepke -
Thank you!  I now see that I had an IE conditional tag around the call for the java menu.  Just needed your help and fresh eyes.
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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by Laura Koepke -

The script I'm replacing had a multi-level drop-down feature.  It appears this menu does not.  It would be nice to have a menu that does everything I need - multilevels, IE6 element fix, and IE8 compatible.  Anyone know of a way to fix this menu to have multi-levels or have a menu that "does it all"?

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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by John Walsh -
Thanks Left Foot.  I just installed it as a category theme to test it, but it doesn't seem to have the drop down menus as part of that.  Do they have to be implemented seperately?
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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by Dan Humpherson -
Sorry the theme only implemented them on the front page

ill make a theme for all pages.
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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by Dan Humpherson -
Here is the theme with the menu appearing on everypage, not just the front page.


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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by John Walsh -

This is just plain excellent!

Thank you so much!

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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by John Walsh -

That is a great theme!

I'm going to test it out right now.

My thanks,

John

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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by Geof Duncan -
Hmmm.... I'm wondering now if we could only combine this menu with the dynamic one here. Sounds like a fun project... big grin

Hacking at code...
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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by Hartmut Scherer -
I started with the automatic menu from Chen YhongWei and wanted to add some fixed menu items. You can see his answer and how it works here.
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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by Dan Humpherson -
For those of you interested I have extended the drop down menu so that it includes a dynamic drop down menu which will display all of the courses a user is enrolled on.

It will not be displayed until the users is logged in.

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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by Kim Gale -
My problem is I know I can't just drop this anywhere in my header.html. So where exactly do I want the drop down menu to be coded in if I were just adding the menu to an already existing theme?
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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by Nick Gault -

Thanks Dan the menu looks good and works well.

Does anyone else have missing images for the down arrows? It looks like they are pointing to: http://edumoodle.veloxserv.co.uk/19/moodle/theme/standard/down.gif

Not sure where to change them to look for local versions.

Also would it be possible to include an idiots guide to getting this working in other themes?

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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by Jimbob Bim -
You can change this by looking in \server\moodle\theme\[name of your theme]\js\chrome.js
Open it using notepad or any other text-editing application (I recommend SciTE)
On line 22 there is a string linking the drop down indicator icon to the one you mentioned. Change this to wherever you would like the down.gif to be.
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Re: Drop Down Menus Like Moodle.org

by Jimbob Bim -
I would like to know if it is possible to also have a banner at the top of the theme. How would I be able to incorporate this?
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