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With a few stylesheet rules, some JavaScript mouse-tracking and positioning code, and a DHTML-capable browser, you can create pop-up menus that make your Web applications easier to use.
by Tom Duffy
March 5, 2001
HTML pop-up menus are becoming more common in Web applications because they expand the available screen area by placing destination links in an invisible but easily accessed location. However, the process for creating these menus is not as simple as building a list of links. Until recently, you couldn't build a single code base to display pop-up menus in both major browsers; but now that Netscape 6 (NS6) and Internet Explorer 5 (IE5) share much of the same object model, designing and implementing a menu system is easier than ever before.
The Pop-Up Menu Procedure Heres the procedure:
1. Create a menu bar across the top of the page 2. Populate the menu bar with some menu triggers 3. Position the menus themselves directly beneath the appropriate triggers 4. Center the triggers on the screen
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HTML pop-up menus are becoming more common in Web applications because they expand the available screen area by placing destination links in an invisible but easily accessed location. However, the process for creating these menus is not as simple as building a list of links. Until recently, you couldn't build a single code base to display pop-up menus in both major browsers; but now that Netscape 6 (NS6) and Internet Explorer 5 (IE5) share much of the same object model, designing and implementing a menu system is easier than ever before. 
