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BorderColor
- Description:
- The default color for a menu's borders.
- Value:
- String, "", or JavaScript expression that returns a string/"".
- Applies To:
- Menus.
- Browser Compatibility:
- BorderColor is supported in all browsers, though not all browsers
may recognize all possible CSS values (especially Netscape 4.x). Additionally, be
careful with "system specific" colors such as threedhighlight which may cause
errors in browsers that don't support them.
- Comments:
- BorderColor should be applied as a string, which means the
value you supply should always be in quotes. Allowed values for BorderColor
are the same as those allowed in the standard CSS border-color property
(see the W3C Specs)
and in fact, the value you supply is transferred as is to the JavaScript
borderColor property for the menu.
For those browsers that support them, you may also use system specific colors
such as threedhighlight or menu. Note, however, that not all platforms
recognize such colors; and in fact some platforms will report errors when attempting
to use them. Be sure to test system colors extensively before deploying them, and
note that you may be able to exclude system colors for a specific browser or
platform using conditional parameter assignments.
See the DHTML Lab article Accessing the User-Defined System Colors, Part I
for further information on system colors.
Do not confuse borders with separators. In HierMenus
jargon, borders surround each menu itself, while separators
are the bars between individual menu items.
- Examples:
// Ok:
BorderColor:"blue",
BorderColor:"#99CCFF", // #rrggbb
BorderColor:"", // use style sheet default
BorderColor:(HM_IE)?"menu":"black",
// menu if IE, black otherwise
// Incorrect:
BorderColor:"greatgreen", // must be valid color identifier
BorderColor:red, // quotes required
BorderColor:"FFCC99", // use leading pound (#) with rgb
BorderColor:'(HM_IE)?"menu":"black"', // no quoted expressions- Default:
- "red"
- See Also:
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SeparatorColor
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