A simple jQuery plugin to create stylable and customizable dropdown menus. The menu is navigatable with the arrow keys, options can be selected with enter and the menu can be closed with the esc key.
<head>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.dropdown.js"></script>
</head><div class="dropdown">
<div class="dropdown-head">
<span class="title" unselectable="on">-- Default Option --</span><span class="caret"></span>
</div>
<ul class="dropdown-body">
<li data-value="0" unselectable="on">First Value</li>
<li data-value="1" unselectable="on">Second Value</li>
</ul>
</div>You can either just include this in the HTML head
<script>
$(window).ready(function() {
$('.dropdown').dropdown(alert);
});
</script>or run the code right after the required DOM elements are parsed. The function dropdown() takes a callback function that is run when a menu option is selected. The data-value is sent as an argument to the callback function. Also callbacks are called in scope, so this refers to the parent <div class="dropdown" /> which can be useful for finding the caller (if there are many with the same callback).
Copyright (C) 2013 by Karl Tannergård. This plugin is licensed under the MIT License (MIT)
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