Determine which menu item is clicked in javascript

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Determine which menu item is clicked in javascript

Poster: mkh100
Dated: Wednesday April 5 2006 - 11:27:17 BST

I have a simple menu like:

Code:

with(milonic=new menuname("FileMenu")){
style=menuStyle;
aI("text=New;url=javascript:menuclick(\"my parameter\",this);");
aI("text=Open;url=http://www.milonic.com/contactus.php;");
aI("text=Delete;url=http://www.milonic.com/newsletter.php;");
}

And basically want to call a javascript function called menuclick when an item in the menu is clicked. The above code works fine for this and

Code:

function menuclick(text,obj)
{
    alert(text);
}

works as expected, when New is clicked on the above menu. However I also want to manipulate the menu item that was clicked, and realise that this (as a second paramenter) returns the rendered DOM, not as I want a reference to the clicked menu item.

Looking at http://www.milonic.com/menu_methods.php it looks like gmobj("FileMenu") will get me the menu, but how do I get a reference to the clicked menu item? Is there a way of finding it's id (then I can use gmobj) or a way of getting a reference to the nth item in a menu (that I could then pass as a paramenter)?

What I am trying to do is to build a menu to allow the visibility of elements on the page to be controlled, and need a tick image to be toggled on and off depending upon weather or not that layer is currently showing.

Any help or pointers much appreciated

-Michael

Poster: Migru
Dated: Wednesday April 5 2006 - 11:47:35 BST

Hi

did you check if you find among the Bolt-on modules what you need ?

http://www.milonic.com/menumodules.php

Michael

Industrial Strength JavaScript and DHTML Menus

Determine which menu item is clicked in javascript