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| An Alternative to Dropdown Navigation | |||||
| Tree Menus are a good choice when you either don't want dropdowns that cover up your body text or when space is limited in width but not in height. When Tree Menus originally appeared, they were nothing but text and downright boring, but all that has changed. | |||||
| Pros | |||||
| • | Twelve different base styles that can be customized to match your site's style and color. | ||||
| • | Animation styles include the "glide" (left menu), the "reveal right," and the "glide and reveal right" (right menu). Animation can also be turned off so that it doesn't conflict with any Flash animation on a page. | ||||
| • | On page load, all levels can be either closed, opened or opened only to a certain level (for example, opening to level 2 when 6 levels are present). | ||||
| • | The number of levels that can be included are virtually unlimited. | ||||
| • | An Open All | Close All toggle (right) can be included, which opens all levels to include the sublevels or closes all levels until only the primary levels show. | ||||
| • | The primary levels can be toggled so that any click on a primary button with a secondary level will close any secondary level on another button. This keeps the menu from becoming very long, causing the viewer to scroll the page. | ||||
| • | One or more Tree Menus can be included on a page, each with their own style and animation, or all the same. | ||||
| Cons | |||||
| • | Tree menus work only in a vertical orientation. | ||||
| • | Each sublevel on a Tree Menu usually has text that is smaller than the level above it. If too many sublevels are included, it will soon be impossible to read the text unless this feature is disabled. | ||||
| • | Each sublevel on a Tree Menu moves to the right, limiting the length of text that can be included. This can be avoided (up to a point) if the menu is wide to begin with. | ||||
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