Uncle Jim's Web Designs: DHTML SlideBall Menu Enhancer

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function lib_bwcheck(){ //Browsercheck (needed)
	this.ver=navigator.appVersion
	this.agent=navigator.userAgent
	this.dom=document.getElementById?1:0
	this.opera5=this.agent.indexOf("Opera 5")>-1
	this.ie5=(this.ver.indexOf("MSIE 5")>-1 && this.dom && !this.opera5)?1:0; 
	this.ie6=(this.ver.indexOf("MSIE 6")>-1 && this.dom && !this.opera5)?1:0;
	this.ie4=(document.all && !this.dom && !this.opera5)?1:0;
	this.ie=this.ie4||this.ie5||this.ie6
	this.mac=this.agent.indexOf("Mac")>-1
	this.ns6=(this.dom && parseInt(this.ver) >= 5) ?1:0; 
	this.ns4=(document.layers && !this.dom)?1:0;
	this.bw=(this.ie6 || this.ie5 || this.ie4 || this.ns4 || this.ns6 || this.opera5)
	return this
}
var bw=new lib_bwcheck()

//Variables to set
numItems = 4       //How many menuitems do you want?

circleXstart = 100 //Where should the circle start and end, x position
circleYstart = -25 //Where should the circle start and end, y position
circleXoffset = 5  //The offset between the buttons X position and the circles X position on mouseover
circleYoffset = -3 //The offset between the buttons Y position and the circles Y position on mouseover

circlePXspeed = 5  //How many pixels the circle will move per timeout
circleTspeed = 10  //Timeout speed in milliseconds

circleStay = 1     //Set this to 0 if you don't want the circle to stay on the active link when a link is clicked.

//NOTE: To set the placement of the buttons, see the slideball_init() function!

/****************************************************************************
Cross-browser object part...You should not need to edit anything this
part.
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function makeObj(obj,nest,x,y){
	nest = (!nest)?"":'document.'+nest+'.'		
	this.css = bw.dom?document.getElementById(obj).style:bw.ie4?document.all[obj].style:bw.ns4?eval(nest+'document.'+obj):0
	this.evnt = bw.dom?document.getElementById(obj):bw.ie4?document.all[obj]:bw.ns4?this.css:0
	this.showIt = b_showIt
	this.moveIt = b_moveIt
	this.slide = b_slide
	this.slideIt = b_slideIt
	this.obj = obj+"Object"
	eval(this.obj+"=this")
	return this
}

// A unit of measure that will be added when setting the position of a layer.
var px = bw.ns4||window.opera?"":"px";

function b_slide(dx,dy,endx,endy,speed,fn,wh) {
	if (!fn) fn = null
	if (!wh) wh = null
	if (this.slideactive && (Math.floor(Math.abs(dx))<Math.floor(Math.abs(endx-this.x)) || 	Math.floor(Math.abs(dy))<Math.floor(Math.abs(endy-this.y)))) {
		this.moveIt(this.x+dx,this.y+dy)
		eval(wh)
		slidTim = setTimeout(this.obj+".slide("+dx+","+dy+","+endx+","+endy+","+speed+",'"+fn+"','"+wh+"')",speed)
	}
	else{
		this.slideactive = 0
		this.moveIt(endx,endy)
		eval(fn)
	}
}

/****************************************************************************
The init function. This is where you set the placement of the Buttons.
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function slideballInit(){
	oBut = new Array()
	for (var i=0; i<=numItems; i++){
		oBut[i] = new makeObj('divButton'+i)
	}
	oCircle = new makeObj('divCircle')
	
	//Set the placement of each individual button below.
	//Syntax: oBut[num].moveIt(xplacement,yplacement)
	oBut[0].moveIt(50,150) 
	oBut[1].moveIt(110,150)
	oBut[2].moveIt(170,150)
	oBut[3].moveIt(230,150)
	oBut[4].moveIt(280,150)
	oCircle.moveIt(circleXstart,circleYstart)
	//Showing the buttons
	for(var i=0; i<=numItems; i++){
		oBut[i].showIt()
	}
}

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Mouseover and mouseout functions.
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var slidTim = 100;
var active = -1
function sbmover(num){
	clearTimeout(slidTim)
	oCircle.slideactive = false
	oCircle.slideIt(oBut[num].x+circleXoffset,oBut[num].y+circleYoffset,circlePXspeed,circleTspeed)
}
function sbmout(num){
	clearTimeout(slidTim)
	oCircle.slideactive = false
	if (active>-1 && circleStay) oCircle.slideIt(oBut[active].x+circleXoffset,oBut[active].y+circleYoffset,circlePXspeed,circleTspeed)
	else oCircle.slideIt(circleXstart,circleYstart,circlePXspeed,circleTspeed)
}
function changeListing(num){
	active = num
}

//Starting the script when the balls load.
if(bw.bw) onload = slideballInit;

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Multiple Scripts
If you have two or more scripts that use the onload event, probably only one will run (the last one).
Here is a solution for starting multiple scripts onload:
   1. Delete or comment out all the onload assignments, onload=initScroll and things like that.
   2. Put the onload assignments in the body tag like in this example, note that they must have braces ().
   Example: <body onload="initScroll(); initTooltips(); initMenu();">
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</script>

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