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ChildMenuX

Description:

The horizontal (left) pixel position of the menu when the menu is being displayed as a child level menu.

Value:

Integer, null, JavaScript expression that returns an integer, or String JavaScript expression that returns an integer.

Applies To:

Menus.

Browser Compatibility:

ChildMenuX is supported in all browsers.

Comments:

Note that this parameter defines the menu's left pixel position (in relationship to the HTML document) when the menu is being displayed as a child level menu. Compare this parameter to TopMenuX, which defines the menu's left pixel position when the menu is used as a top menu. A single menu can be used as both a top level menu and a child menu on the same page. This Child vs. Top distinction allows you to define different settings depending on how the menu is currently being utilized.

When using a String JavaScript expression (i.e., a JavaScript expression contained within quotes), that expression will not be evaluated until just before the menu is positioned. It will then be reevaluated every time the menu is repositioned or redisplayed. Thus, a string JavaScript expression can be crafted to return a different, custom result dynamically each time the menu is positioned. Other JavaScript expressions (not enclosed in quotes) are only evaluated once when the page is first loaded.

Special keywords can be utilized in String JavaScript expressions that allow you to fine tune the positional display of the menus, including HM_default_x_position, HM_default_y_position, HM_window_top_edge, HM_window_right_edge, HM_window_bottom_edge, and HM_window_left_edge. In addition to these keywords, HierMenus version 6 provides two custom functions in the HM_Loader.js file; HM_f_GetMenuDimension and HM_f_GetElementXY that allow you to position menus based on their width or height (handy for bottom or right edge based positioning) or the location of some other element within the page (handy for relative positioning). Each of these uses is discussed further in the mini-tutorial Menu Positioning.

The integer provided (or returned from a JavaScript expression) is always interpreted as the left pixel location of the menu. You must provide only an integer or an expression that returns an integer.

Examples:

// Ok:
ChildMenuX:100,
ChildMenuX:null,                         // revert to default
ChildMenuX:"HM_default_x_position+10",      // reevaluated as needed
ChildMenuX:"MyCustomFunction('foobar')", // call your own function
ChildMenuX:(HM_IE)?10:20,  // evaluated only once on page load

// Incorrect:
ChildMenuX:"100",
ChildMenuX:HM_default_x_position+10, // must have quotes to use keywords
ChildMenuX:20px,

Default:

null

Note that setting ChildMenuX to null is equivalent to setting it to "HM_default_x_position"; i.e., the following two settings result in the same value:

ChildMenuX:null,
ChildMenuX:"HM_default_x_position",

See Also:

TopMenuX, TopMenuY, ChildMenuY, Menu Positioning Mini-Tutorial