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June 20, 2008
Interesting jQuery multicolumn dropdown menu plugin
A client I have been working with just released their first open source project: a multicolumn dropdown menu plugin for jQuery. Their use case is to allow users to easily navigate complex hierarchical menus of options either via the mouse or via the keyboard.

I had nothing to do with this project but given my recent interest in jQuery, I felt it was worth blogging about. I think it really shows the power and simplicity of jQuery.

Posted At : 9:55 PM. | Posted By : seancorfield | oss, jquery, coldfusion | Comments (7)

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nice... didja know that was done by the cf community's own dan switzer? :)

http://blog.pengoworks.com/index.cfm/2008/6/18/Multicolumn-Dropdown-jQuery-Plugin-Released

Posted By charlie griefer / Posted At 6/20/08 10:57 PM

@Charlie, yes, I just wasn't sure whether Dan was identifying himself as the author since his email to me referenced the "labs" area on Giva's website rather than his personal blog.

Posted By Sean Corfield / Posted At 6/21/08 6:38 AM

This was getting lots of positive feedback on the jQuery mailing list. It IS very slick...

Posted By Jim Priest / Posted At 6/21/08 9:17 AM

@Sean:

Thanks for the mention, we think we've come up with a solution that works very well for our use case and thought it would be beneficial to others.

Posted By Dan G. Switzer, II / Posted At 6/23/08 9:42 AM

That is an awesome plugin - nice work Dan - gotta love jQuery!

Just found a possible bug/feature? FF3 on OSX. On the demo page the menu works initially very well. I select a menu item, say: Art & Humanities:Photography:Digital. If I then use the left arrow key on the keyboard to go back up the menu then strange things happen. The Art & Humanties section is too big (I guess where the other menus used to be) and the sub-menus no longer pop-out.

Clicking off of the menu resolves it.

Is this a bug or am I just using the wrong keys ;)

Posted By Dave Phipps / Posted At 6/25/08 4:16 PM

@Dave:

A new version was just released that should resolve the issue you were seeing. It was a weird problem in FF3 when using the mouse first and then using keyboard entry.

http://www.givainc.com/labs/mcdropdown_jquery_plugin.htm

Posted By Dan G. Switzer, II / Posted At 6/26/08 9:34 AM

@Dan:

Working perfectly on FF3 on OS X.

Cheers!

Posted By Dave Phipps / Posted At 6/26/08 1:11 PM

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