//Specify full URL to down and right arrow images (23 is padding-right to add to top level LIs with drop downs): var arrowimages={down:['downarrowclass', '/bizdemo7883/img/main/bg-navigation-arrow.png', 10], right:['rightarrowclass', '/bizdemo7883/img/main/bg-navigation-arrow.png']} var jqueryslidemenu={ animateduration: {over: 250, out: 150}, //duration of slide in/ out animation, in milliseconds buildmenu:function(menuid, arrowsvar){ jQuery(document).ready(function($){ var $mainmenu=$("#"+menuid+">ul") var $headers=$mainmenu.find("ul").parent() $headers.each(function(i){ var $curobj=$(this) var $subul=$(this).find('ul:eq(0)') this._dimensions={w:this.offsetWidth, h:this.offsetHeight, subulw:$subul.outerWidth(), subulh:$subul.outerHeight()} this.istopheader=$curobj.parents("ul").length==1? true : false $subul.css({top:this.istopheader? this._dimensions.h+"px" : 0}) $curobj.children("a:eq(0)").css(this.istopheader? {paddingRight: arrowsvar.down[2]} : {}).append( '' ) $curobj.hover( function(e){ var $targetul=$(this).children("ul:eq(0)") this._offsets={left:$(this).offset().left, top:$(this).offset().top} var menuleft=this.istopheader? 0 : this._dimensions.w menuleft=(this._offsets.left+menuleft+this._dimensions.subulw>$(window).width())? (this.istopheader? -this._dimensions.subulw+this._dimensions.w : -this._dimensions.w) : menuleft if ($targetul.queue().length<=1) //if 1 or less queued animations $targetul.css({left:menuleft+"px", width:this._dimensions.subulw+'px'}).slideDown(jqueryslidemenu.animateduration.over) }, function(e){ var $targetul=$(this).children("ul:eq(0)") $targetul.slideUp(jqueryslidemenu.animateduration.out) } ) //end hover }) //end $headers.each() $mainmenu.find("ul").css({display:'none', visibility:'visible'}) }) //end document.ready } } //build menu with ID="myslidemenu" on page: jqueryslidemenu.buildmenu("myslidemenu", arrowimages)