Hiermenus Go Forth, III - DHTML Lab | 4

Hiermenus Go Forth, III:
Version 4 - The External Arrays - Menu and Item Parameters

Element 1 - item_link_url,

Description

The URL to navigate to when the item is clicked.

Value

URL String
May be specified as:

• string

Example Values

string (http: URL):
"https://www.webreference.com/experts/"

The browser will navigate to https://www.webreference.com/experts/ when the item is clicked.

string (javascript: URL):
"javascript:window.open('https://www.webreference.com/experts/')"

The browser will load https://www.webreference.com/experts/ into a new window.

string (javascript: URL):
"javascript:top.location='https://www.webreference.com/experts/'"

The browser will load https://www.webreference.com/experts/ into the full window from a frameset environment.

string (mailto: URL):
"mailto:[email protected]"

The browser will launch the user's email client with [email protected] as the recipient.

The menu above has item display text created by these array parameters:

HM_Array4 = [
[...],
["Experts","https://www.webreference.com/experts/",...],
["Experts (new win)","javascript:window.open('https://www.webreference.com/experts/')",...],
["Mail Peter","mailto:[email protected]",...]
]

Default

none.
If parameter is omitted, no action is taken when the user clicks the item.

Differences from Version 3 equivalent

There is no difference from the Version 3 equivalent.

Comments

This parameter can be any valid URL. More often than not, http: URLs linking to Web pages will be used. Keep in mind, however that you are not limited to http: URLs.

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Now, let's look at two new parameters.

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Created: Oct 03, 2000
Revised: Oct 03, 2000

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