Stu Nicholls | CSSplay | Cross browser flyout menu examples using only css

Tree Frog slide and fly menu

27th December 2007

Tree frogs are frogs of the families Hylidae and Rhacophoridae.

There is large variation among tree frog species. Many species are not actually arboreal (do not live in trees), but terrestrial or aquatic (live on the ground or in the water).

Many arboreal frogs are green, while terrestrial and aquatic species are duller.

They mostly feed on insects and other invertebrates, but some larger species can feed on small vertebrates. The species within the genus Cyclorana are burrowing frogs, sometimes spending many years underground.

Information

I have several 'Tree Frog' demonstrations on my other javascript site at stunicholls.com so I thought that I should show how this can be done with just CSS.

This menu has a vertical sliding first sub level then two flyout levels and demonstrates how it is possible to change positional styling from 'absolute' and off screen to 'static' and expanding the menu vertically.

It is however necessary to have all the expanding menus the same height so that the hover is not lost when selecting the 'next' top level menu.

This has been tested in IE6, IE7 as well as Firefox, Opera etc. and does NOT use javascript.

If you want a zip file of this menu then please email me.

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