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Changelog for v4.x

This page contains the complete list of changes for all SmartMenus 4.x versions.

SmartMenus DHTML menu v4.7.3

Fixed a stupid but crucial mistake, which lead to malfunction of non-permanent menus in Mozilla and Konqueror in standards-compliance mode
Added possibility for custom status bar description text for any menu item. Look at:
"Important howtos -> 7. To add custom status bar..." in the Manual
Updated ShadowFX add-on for IE4+ and a new ShadowFX add-on that supports Mozilla
Added an example with 2 new functions that handle the resize event and reposition any relatively positioned permanent menu. Look in the
"Samples -> Relative Position -> Permanent menus" folder
Corrected a bug in IE5 on Mac in the sample function used for relative positioning (Special thanks to all the guys who reported this!)

Greatly improved frame support- now supported mouse event and javascript expression handling for menu positioning; supported all possible toolbar frame positions- top, left, bottom, right
Tested with Konqueror 3.1 and corrected some issues
New improved function for relative positioning using image
("Samples->Relative Position" & "Samples->Frame Support->Relative Position")- a new variable is used in that function to fix an issue in Opera5/6, which appears if a BODY margin is defined through CSS (e.g. style="margin:XXpx")

Improved window size detection in Opera 7 and Mozilla 1.0+ (now the script detects whether the scrollbars are visible or not and doesn't act as they are always visible)
Fixed an issue, which used to occur in Opera 6 when inline images are used in the items

Major improvements of the SELECTED and NOROLL items' behavior (NOROLL now replaces NOLINK in previous versions). Both type of items can now show sub menu or have link
The SELECTED items can now have their special style, which may be different from the normal item-over style (3 new items added to the stylesheet arrays)
A new function now finds the item which links to the current location of the window and automatically makes it SELECTED if configured (2 new vars added to section 1 of s_arrays.js)
Some small fixes and optimization (bug in Opera7 with mouse event positioning)

The Loader script is updated and a nasty bug in Netscape4 is corrected (special thanks to Andrew Barnes for directing me to the problem)
Some fixes in the script core to support Opera 7 fine (mainly the window size detection)

Finally tested and added reliable support for Konqueror 2.2.2 (only the cross-frame support may not work correctly)
Added helpful example concerning the menus positioning

Better and optimized script loader and browser detection.
Change in the short script used to avoid errors in older browsers.
! If you are updating, be sure to take a look at
! "HOW TO USE THE MENUS -> 3. Implementing the script"
! in the Manual to setup your pages correctly

Improvements in the style. You can now define whether separators (border between the items) should be used or not for every stylesheet- a new item is added to the stylesheet arrays (the last one).

s_keepHighlighted variable added- defining whether the script should "show" the user his way through the current menu tree by keeping the items from lower menus highlighted or not
You can now define whether sub images should be used for every single stylesheet (not only globally for all)- a new item is added to the stylesheet arrays (the last one)
Better behavior of SELECTED and NOLINK items

Corrected some mistakes that could result in not loading the menus correctly if you use spaces in your file names or path

Absolutely new script engine and way for defining the menus allowing:

endless number of submenu levels
different style for each menu
SELECTED and NOLINK items
permanent menus (only vertical)
easier modifying of the menus' structure with named menus
displaying of the menus on position relatively to the mouse event
cursor control (IE4+, NS6+)
full window size detection in all supported browsers (including a 5.x- unlike in older versions of the script)
better support for NS4
support for IE6 in standards-compliance mode and tested & optimized for Mozilla 1.0 (Netscape 7)
and many more...

Added support for status display of the item links (new var statusShowLinks)
Used new var (arrowImgTopPixels) in the Plus version to fix a bug in the arrow images vertical position on slower PCs & IE4.5 on Mac and to reduce the script size
Fixed some old bugs in the main scripts and a nasty mistake in the loading process is corrected
Massively improved support for icons and images in Netscape4 and added some samples (the Samples folder)

Now a Script LOADER is used for loading the menus, so there's no more possibility for errors in older and/or not supported browsers
Improved support for Netscape4 - now all parts of the menu cells are clickable and act like link (not only the text)
Fixed bug of the text size in Netscape4 on non-Windows platforms (Macintosh, Linux ...)
Some script optimizations and better Manuals
Much lower price - only $25 (for commercial sites)- for personal use the menus are absolutely free!

Easy support for framed pages
Custom width for each menu
Arrow images show the place of a sub menu
Full window size detection in IE4+ & NS4+ and horizontal detection in Opera5+ (this means that the menus will always be kept inside the window's boundaries)
Removed some features not used by anyone so far (like hiding of page elements)
A new add-on written - Relativer(for non-framed pages) (the menus can now be relatively positioned - for example at the center of the page)
New value to the target var can now be set (top) - very useful for framed pages
The script now has only two versions - Normal and Plus - combining the best features of the old versions
and many improvements & fixes to the script...
THE SCRIPT IS NO MORE FREE FOR COMMERCIAL OR COMPANY WEB SITES, BUT STILL FREE FOR PERSONAL USE (see license.html).