Nick - that's nice code but not very friendly to non-js browsers. Be
better to define the menu in a UL LI list then add the onclick events
afterwards. Nice use of builder though! :)
Ben
On May 21, 3:56 pm, "Nicolas Terray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here is an example (among many others)
>
> //The menu definition
> var menu = [
> {title: 'Fruits', entries: [
> {title: 'Apple', entries: [
> {title: 'Granny Smith'},
> {title: 'Royal Gala'}
> ]},
> {title: 'Banana'}
> ]},
> {title: 'Vegetables', entries: [
> {title: 'Broccoli'}
> ]}
> ];
>
> //Recursive function to build the menu
> function get_menu(obj) {
> var li = [obj.title];
> if (obj.entries) {
> li.push(Builder.node('ul',
> obj.entries.collect(function(entry) {
> return get_menu(entry); })));
> }
> return Builder.node('li', li);
>
> }
>
> //Build the menu
> var ul = Builder.node('ul', menu.collect(function(entry) { return
> get_menu(entry); }));
>
> //Add it to DOM
> $('menu').appendChild(ul);
>
> On 5/21/07, Jon Trelfa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > In the past, I've used unordered lists with a recursive function to generate
> > it. You could probably 'roll your own' and end up with about 10-25 lines of
> > code depending on the complexity of the tree.
>
> > On 5/21/07, szimek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Thank you guys very much for all replies.
>
> > > I don't really need an ajax based menu - I need to fetch an xml or json
> > > (I'll probably use json because it tends to create smaller files) file
> > using
> > > ajax and then use javascript to create a tree menu out of it. The files
> > with
> > > data can be pretty large, so I need simple xhtml structure that can be
> > > created fast with javascript.
>
> > > I'll check other implementations first to see how it works, but probably
> > > I'll have to write my own version anyway.
>
> > > Thanks again.
> > > --
> > > View this message in context:
> >http://www.nabble.com/Prototype-based-tree-menu-tf3756726.html#a10718080
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