[SOLVED] Help understanding this script?

[Nothadoth]

I am using a dropdown menu script and here is the prescripted code for the function dropdownmenu().

function dropdownmenu(obj, e, dropmenuID){
if (window.event) event.cancelBubble=true
else if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation()
if (typeof dropmenuobj!="undefined") //hide previous menu
dropmenuobj.style.visibility="hidden"
clearhidemenu()
if (ie5||ns6){
obj.onmouseout=delayhidemenu
dropmenuobj=document.getElementById(dropmenuID)
if (hidemenu_onclick) dropmenuobj.onclick=function(){dropmenuobj.style.visibility='hidden'}
dropmenuobj.onmouseover=clearhidemenu
dropmenuobj.onmouseout=ie5? function(){ dynamichide(event)} : function(event){ dynamichide(event)}
showhide(dropmenuobj.style, e, "visible", "hidden")
dropmenuobj.x=getposOffset(obj, "left")
dropmenuobj.y=getposOffset(obj, "top")
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.x-clearbrowseredge(obj, "rightedge")+obj.offsetWidth+horizontaloffset+"px"
dropmenuobj.style.top=dropmenuobj.y-clearbrowseredge(obj, "bottomedge")+"px"
}
return clickreturnvalue()
}

 

You can see from the link below that when you hover your mouse over a link at the top of the screen it opens the drop down menu to the right of the link. Could someone please help me make it so that the dropdown menu appears BELOW the link?

 

Heres the page: http://www.westmidspoliceclub.com/en/

 

Thank you

[Nothadoth]

I have noticed there are various variables included in the function which may be needed. So here is the entire script:

 

var disappeardelay=250  //menu disappear speed onMouseout (in miliseconds)
var enableanchorlink=0 //Enable or disable the anchor link when clicked on? (1=e, 0=d)
var hidemenu_onclick=1 //hide menu when user clicks within menu? (1=yes, 0=no)
var horizontaloffset=5 //horizontal offset of menu from default location. (0-5 is a good value)

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var ie5=document.all
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all

function getposOffset(what, offsettype){
var totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? what.offsetLeft : what.offsetTop;
var parentEl=what.offsetParent;
while (parentEl!=null){
totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? totaloffset+parentEl.offsetLeft : totaloffset+parentEl.offsetTop;
parentEl=parentEl.offsetParent;
}
return totaloffset;
}

function showhide(obj, e, visible, hidden){
if (ie5||ns6)
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.style.top=-500
if (e.type=="click" && obj.visibility==hidden || e.type=="mouseover")
obj.visibility=visible
else if (e.type=="click")
obj.visibility=hidden
}

function iecompattest(){
return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
}

function clearbrowseredge(obj, whichedge){
var edgeoffset=0
if (whichedge=="rightedge"){
var windowedge=ie5 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollLeft+iecompattest().clientWidth-15 : window.pageXOffset+window.innerWidth-15
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetWidth
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.x-obj.offsetWidth < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure+obj.offsetWidth+(horizontaloffset*2) //no space to the right of page? Move menu over to the left
}
else{
var topedge=ie5 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop : window.pageYOffset
var windowedge=ie5 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop+iecompattest().clientHeight-15 : window.pageYOffset+window.innerHeight-18
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetHeight
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.y < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure){ //move menu up?
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure-obj.offsetHeight
if ((dropmenuobj.y-topedge)<dropmenuobj.contentmeasure) //up no good either? (position at top of viewable window then)
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.y
}
}
return edgeoffset
}

function dropdownmenu(obj, e, dropmenuID){
if (window.event) event.cancelBubble=true
else if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation()
if (typeof dropmenuobj!="undefined") //hide previous menu
dropmenuobj.style.visibility="hidden"
clearhidemenu()
if (ie5||ns6){
obj.onmouseout=delayhidemenu
dropmenuobj=document.getElementById(dropmenuID)
if (hidemenu_onclick) dropmenuobj.onclick=function(){dropmenuobj.style.visibility='hidden'}
dropmenuobj.onmouseover=clearhidemenu
dropmenuobj.onmouseout=ie5? function(){ dynamichide(event)} : function(event){ dynamichide(event)}
showhide(dropmenuobj.style, e, "visible", "hidden")
dropmenuobj.x=getposOffset(obj, "left")
dropmenuobj.y=getposOffset(obj, "top")
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.x-clearbrowseredge(obj, "rightedge")+obj.offsetWidth+horizontaloffset+"px"
dropmenuobj.style.top=dropmenuobj.y-clearbrowseredge(obj, "bottomedge")+"px"
}
return clickreturnvalue()
}

function clickreturnvalue(){
if ((ie5||ns6) && !enableanchorlink) return false
else return true
}

function contains_ns6(a, b) {
while (b.parentNode)
if ((b = b.parentNode) == a)
return true;
return false;
}

function dynamichide(e){
if (ie5&&!dropmenuobj.contains(e.toElement))
delayhidemenu()
else if (ns6&&e.currentTarget!= e.relatedTarget&& !contains_ns6(e.currentTarget, e.relatedTarget))
delayhidemenu()
}

function delayhidemenu(){
delayhide=setTimeout("dropmenuobj.style.visibility='hidden'",disappeardelay)
}

function clearhidemenu(){
if (typeof delayhide!="undefined")
clearTimeout(delayhide)
}

 

could someone help me create a function dropdownmenu2 where it appears underneath the link?

 

Thank you

[Nothadoth]

Nevermind, I did it myself. Way to learn.