Uncle Jim's Javascript Examples: Scrollable Menu Links

COPY - Insert Inside Body: <BODY></BODY>

<CENTER>
<TABLE WIDTH="620" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="2" BORDER COLOR="#8b0000">
<TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE" BGCOLOR="#e0ffff">
<style>
body{
overflow-x:hidden;
overflow-y:scroll;
}
</style>

//configure path for left and right arrows
var goleftimage='images/handleft.gif'
var gorightimage='images/handright.gif'
//configure menu width
var menuwidth=300
//configure scroll speed (1-10), where larger is faster
var scrollspeed=6
//specify menu content
var menucontents='<nobr><a href="http://www.jdstiles.com">Home Page</a> | <a href="http://jdstiles.com/javamain.html">JavaScripts</a> | <a href="http://jdstiles.com/jdsmain_office.html">Office Tips</a> | <a href="http://jdstiles.com/sets.html">Design Sets</a> | <a href="http://jdstiles.com/java/101.html">Web Builder</a></nobr>'

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var actualwidth=''
var ns_scroll
function fillup(){
if (document.all){
test2.innerHTML=menucontents
actualwidth=test2.offsetWidth
}
else if (document.layers){
ns_scroll=document.ns_scrollmenu.document.ns_scrollmenu2
ns_scroll.document.write(menucontents)
ns_scroll.document.close()
actualwidth=ns_scroll.document.width
}
}
window.onload=fillup

function moveleft(){
if (document.all&&test2.style.pixelLeft>(menuwidth-actualwidth))
test2.style.pixelLeft-=scrollspeed
else if (document.layers&&ns_scroll.left>(menuwidth-actualwidth))
ns_scroll.left-=scrollspeed
lefttime=setTimeout("moveleft()",50)
}

function moveright(){
if (document.all&&test2.style.pixelLeft<0)
test2.style.pixelLeft+=scrollspeed
else if (document.layers&&ns_scroll.left<0)
ns_scroll.left+=scrollspeed
righttime=setTimeout("moveright()",50)
}

if (document.all||document.layers){
with (document){
write('<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">')
write('<td valign="middle"><a href=#" onMouseover="moveleft()" onMouseout="clearTimeout(lefttime)"><img src="'+goleftimage+'"border=0></a> </td>')
write('<td valign="top">')
if (document.all){
write('<span style="position:relative;width:'+menuwidth+';">')
write('<span style="position:absolute;width:'+menuwidth+';clip:rect(0 '+menuwidth+' auto 0)">')
write('<span id="test2" style="position:absolute;left:0;top:0">')
write('</span></span></span>')
}
else if (document.layers){
write('<ilayer width='+menuwidth+' name="ns_scrollmenu">')
write('<layer name="ns_scrollmenu2" left=0 top=0></layer></ilayer>')
}
write('</td>')
write('<td valign="middle"> <a href="#" onMouseover="moveright()" onMouseout="clearTimeout(righttime)">')
write('<img src="'+gorightimage+'"border=0></a>')
write('</td></table>')
}
}
</script>
</TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER><br>