- From: Maurice Carey <maurice@thymeonline.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 09:44:58 -0400
- To: HTML Working Group <public-html@w3.org>
On 5/25/07 4:43 AM, "Dmitry Turin" <html60@narod.ru> wrote: > > Good day. > I already raised this question, but i not writed example wholely (as i find > now). > I offer the following constructuction > > <select text="Name of part1 of site"> > <option value="www.company.com/dir1/dir2/docname.htm">Part1.1</option> > ... > <option value="./folder1/folder2/document.htm"> Part1.9</option> > </select> > <select text="Name of part2 of site"> > <option value="www.site.net/folder/filename.htm"> Part2.1</option> > ... > </select> > <select text="Name of part3 of site"> > <option value="www.project.org/directory/file.htm"> Part3.1</option> > ... > </select> > > to create _horizontal menu_ (menu in horizontal line) of site without JS > (that is important for low-skill users). > > Presence itself of attribute 'text' inside tag SELECT specify, > that 'value' of OPTION contain address of document, > which will be displayed, when user choose this OPTION. > > Besides that, 'text' forces to demonstrate own values > instead of value of first OPTION and > abolish "arrow downwards" in image of SELECT. > > It also forces to show list of OPTIONs at event "onmouseover", > i.e. when user _touch_ (not press) element SELECT by mouse. > > > Dmitry Turin > http://html6.by.ru > http://sql4.by.ru > http://computer2.by.ru > > <select> forms really don't make for good navigation, and they should be accompanied by a proper submit button anyway. If you want drop down navigation it's quite simple do it with <ul> and some css. If you don't think it's simple there's a half dozen websites that can generate one for you. -- :: thyme online ltd :: po box cb13650 nassau the bahamas :: website: http://www.thymeonline.com/ :: tel: 242 327-1864 fax: 242 377 1038
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