fileMenu

A jQuery plugin to create a file dropdown menu like most OS windows

Dependencies

fileMenu depends on this to work.

• jQuery

Soft Dependencies

These css libs are not required for fileMenu to work. They just add a nice look to the menu. The example makes use of these libs.

• normalize.css
• FontAwesome

Usage

Make sure the filMenu js and css files are loaded. Create a menu using an unordered list. Then call fileMenu() on it.

HTML

<ul id="menu">     <li>         File         <ul>             <li><i class="fa fa-fw fa-file"></i> Open<kbd>Ctrl+N</kbd></li>             <li class="disabled"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-folder-open"></i> Open<kbd>Ctrl+O</kbd></li>             <li class="sub">                 <i class="fa fa-fw"></i> Open Recent...                 <ul>                     <li><i class="fa fa-fw fa-file"></i> File A</li>                     <li><i class="fa fa-fw fa-file"></i> File B</li>                     <li><i class="fa fa-fw fa-file"></i> File C</li>                 </ul>             </li>             <li class="divider"></li>             <li><i class="fa fa-fw"></i> Quit<kbd>Ctrl+Q</kbd></li>         </ul>     </li>     <li>         Help         <ul>             <li class="toggle"><i class="fa fa-fw"></i> Toggle me</li>             <li><i class="fa fa-fw fa-question-circle"></i> About<kbd>F1</kbd></li>         </ul>     </li> </ul> 

JS

$(document).ready(function() {     $('#menu').fileMenu(); }); 

Options

fileMenu accepts a javascript object as its first argument.

slideSpeed (int) the slide speed of the menu in ms. Default is 100

Features

• ** Disabled state **

  Just add the class disabled to a li to disable it.

• ** Keyboard shortcut class **

  To style a nice keyboard shortcut just use the <kbd> tag in the <li>

• ** Toggle items **

  Make a menu item toggable by adding the toggle class to the li. When toggled on the li has the class active.

• ** AMD compatible **

  fileMenu works out of the box with AMD compatible loaders like requireJs.