[jQuery] Re: Superfish feature request

[Joel Birch]

Karl,

I'm honoured that you are getting some use out of Superfish.

I didn't want to give you more work so I just gave the horizontal
stuff a shot and I can't get it right. I just can't get my head around
all these similar sounding measurements! Would you be so kind...?  O:)

Here's where I got to, just for a giggle:

onBeforeShow = function(){
        this.each(function(){
                var $u = $(this);
                $u.css('display','block');
                var windowWidth = $w.width(),
                        offsetLeft = $u.offset().left,
                        menuWidth = $u.width(),
                        totalWidth = menuWidth + _offset('x'),
                        parentWidth = $u.parents('ul').width(); /*I've lost 
where to use this*/
                var expandLeft = (offsetLeft + menuWidth > totalWidth);
                if (expandLeft) {
                        $u.css('margin-left','-' + totalWidth - (menuWidth +
offsetLeft)+'px'); /*this ain't right*/
                }

                var windowHeight = $w.height(),
                        offsetTop = $u.offset().top,
                        menuHeight = $u.height(),
                        baseline = windowHeight + _offset('y');
                var expandUp = (offsetTop + menuHeight > baseline);
                if (expandUp) {
                        $u.css('margin-top', baseline - (menuHeight + 
offsetTop));
                }
                $u.css('display','none');
        });
}

Many thanks,
Joel.