Mif.Tree is a quality solution for creating tree menus with MooTools.
The code is very flexible & lets you control every part of the navigation like:
The tree menu created can also be browsed via keyboard & supports checkboxed tree menus.
Mif.Tree is very well-documented & presents vaious examples.
Veerle’s blog is presenting a tutorial, with source codes, on creating a simple & scalable css-based breadcrumbs.
What are breadcumbs?
From Wikipedia: Breadcrumbs or breadcrumb trail are a navigation technique used in user interfaces. Its purpose is to give users a way to keep track of their location within programs or documents.
Only 1 image is used for creating this navigation which is the seperator. It is a bigger image than the displayed one considering the breadcrumb will be scaled when needed.
A handy resource on a method that is used in almost every web application. To see the demo, click here.
NETTUTS is presenting a beautiful tutorial, prepared by Trevor Davis, for creating a functional portfolio page using jQuery.
Once a category is clicked in the page, content is filtered accordingly & displayed with fadeIn/fadeOut effects.
It is possible to modify the interface provided easily by changing the effects used, like disabling items by applying opacity rather than hiding which is totally up to the imagination of everyone.
The tutorial is very detailed & comes with the source files. A demo can be found here.
ListNav is a jQuery plugin for creating alphabetical navigations from lists.
Once configured, a customizable (via CSS) navigation bar appears above the list, displaying letters from A to Z. When a letter is clicked, the items that start with that letter is displayed.
ListNav shows the number of items under a letter when the letter is hovered.
The plugin is optimized for long lists & can work with both ul and ol lists.
It also supports multiple navigations at the same page and works with all major browsers.
Pop! is a simple but effective jQuery plugin for creating dropdown menus.
It enables you to store any content in a container & shows/hides it with the clicks.
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(document).ready(function(){
$.pop();
});
</script>
<div class="pop">
any content to display
</div>
That’s it.
JankoAtWarpSpeed is presenting a nice tutorial with source files on creating a beautiful menu similar to Vimeo‘s top menu.
The menu is very functional that, within a limited space, a user can browse the website or search it in detail.
I really like the top navigation implemented on Vimeo.com. First time I saw it I wanted to recreate it.
says JankoAtWarpSpeed. And it is succesfully done (although max. browser compatibility is missing, it is a good resource to start building a such menu).
A demo can be found here.
Update 26.12.2008: This post is updated to reflect the original application.
CSS QuickMenu is a very powerful & web based CSS menu creator application.
After selecting the menu type & clicking the "customize menu" button, you can reach the editor.
It also enables you to add your own CSS styles and see the results instantly.
After creating the menu, HTML & CSS codes can be reached easilt via the "save" button.
Styled Menus is a website presenting various free CSS menus.
Menus provided are cross-browser compatible & W3C validated.
There are currently 20 menus & new ones added regularly.
It is a handy resource to directly use them or to get inspired.
Context menus are very helpful, specially in admin pages & web applications, for easier navigation. With just a click, you get the options / shortcuts.
This is a jQuery plugin for creating effective context menus with ease.
The menu can produces valid XHTML & can be customized totally via CSS.
Items in the menu can be disabled & they can be browsed with keyboard too.
For users without JavaScript enabled, it gracefully degrades.
This is an easy to implement multi-level drop-down menu.
It is lightweight (1.2kb) & supports multiple instances on one page.
Rather than complicated JavaScript backends, this script converts an unordered list into a menu.
Sub-menus are displayed with an easing animation & it supports all major browsers.
