Specifies the style, order, orientation, and use of text an images of menus and menuitems.
The Menu Item Iterator Allocation property is not supported for the deprecated row and column iterator formats.
| Control | Description | Options | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Style | Sets the style of the menu. | dynamic, static | theme_menu_prop.html#mcs-menu-image-style |
| Link Style | Specifies the style of menu to use. If the value is set to 'numeric-shortcut', MCS renders the menu with numeric identifiers for each menuitem. Otherwise, the default style for the device applies. | default, numeric-shortcut | theme_menu_prop.html#mcs-menu-link-style |
| Image Style | Specifies how images are used in menuitems. | none, plain, rollover | theme_menu_prop.html#mcs-menu-image-style |
| Text Style | Specifies how text is used in menuitems. | none, plain | theme_menu_prop.html#mcs-menu-text-style |
| Orientation | Controls the orientation of menuitems and shard links. The value of 'horizontal' allows optional separators between items. | horizontal, vertical | theme_menu_prop.html#mcs-menu-orientation |
| Menu Item Iterator Allocation | Specifies how the menuitems will be bound to instances of a pane in a spatial iterator. The value of 'automatic' writes a menuitem to each instance of pane; 'none' writes only to the first instance of the pane. | automatic, none | theme_menu_prop.html#mcs-menu-item-iterator-allocation |
| Menu Item Order | The order in which image and text menuitems are used when both are present. | image-first, text-first | theme_menu_prop.html#mcs-menu-item-order |
| Menu Item Orientation | The orientation of the contents of a menuitem when more than one item is present. Some combinations of menu orientation and this property may not be supported on every protocol. | horizontal, vertical | theme_menu_prop.html#mcs-menu-item-orientation |
| Menu Item Active Area | Specifies whether an image, text or both are active when both are present. Only one image style and one text style can be shown in a single menuitem. | both, image-only, text-only | theme_menu_prop.html#mcs-menu-item-active-area |
| Menu Item Shortcut Active | Specifies whether or not shortcuts are active for the menuitems in a menu. | active, inactive | theme_menu_prop.html#mcs-menu-item-shortcut-active |
Sets the style of the menu. The default value is 'static'.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| dynamic | Indicates that the menu is dynamic. |
| static | Indicates that the menu is static. |
| inherit | The value of the property should be inherited from the parent element. |
Specifies how images are used in menuitems. The default value is 'none'.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| none | Indicates that the image information in each menuitem should be ignored. |
| plain | Indicates that the static image information in each menuitem should be used in creating the menu. |
| rollover | Indicates that the rollover image information in each menuitem should be used in creating the menu. |
| inherit | The value of the property should be inherited from the parent element. |
Specifies whether an image, text or both are active when both are present. Only one image style and one text style can be shown in a single menuitem. The default value is 'both'.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| both | Indicates that when both image and text information is being used in each menuitem, they should both be active. |
| image-only | Indicates that when both image and text information is being used in each menuitem, only the image should be active. |
| text-only | Indicates that when both image and text information is being used in each menuitem, only the text should be active. |
| inherit | The value of the property should be inherited from the parent element. |
Specifies how the menuitems will be bound to instances of a pane in a spatial iterator. The default value is 'none'.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| automatic | Each menuitem that will be output to the pane referenced by the menu will be written to a separate instance of that pane within the spatial iterator. |
| none | Every menuitem that will be output to the pane referenced by the menu will be written to the first instance of the pane within the spatial iterator. |
| inherit | The value of the property should be inherited from the parent element. |
Sets the order in which image and text menuitems are used when both are present. The default value is 'image-first'.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| image-first | Indicates that when both image and text information is being used in each menuitem, the image information should appear before the text information. |
| text-first | Indicates that when both image and text information is being used in each menuitem, the text information should appear before the image information. |
| inherit | The value of the property should be inherited from the parent element. |
Defines the orientation of the contents of a menuitem when more than one item is present. Some combinations of menu orientation and this property may not be supported on every protocol. The default value is 'horizontal'.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| horizontal | Indicates that when both image and text information is being used in each menuitem, they should be oriented horizontally. |
| vertical | Indicates that when both image and text information is being used in each menuitem, they should be oriented vertically. |
| inherit | The value of the property should be inherited from the parent element. |
Specifies whether or not shortcuts are active for the menuitems in a menu. The default value is 'active'.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| active | Indicates that the shortcut (and the associated separator) will be active, i.e. it will be inside the link. |
| inactive | Indicates that the shortcut (and the associated separator) will be inactive, i.e. it will be outside the link. |
| inherit | The value of the property should be inherited from the parent element. |
Specifies the style of menu to use. The default value is 'default'.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| default | The menu will be shown in the default style for the device. The menu items will be rendered according to the menu item specific properties. |
| numeric-shortcut | The menu will be rendered with numeric identifiers for each menu item. These identifiers provide a shortcut key for that menu item. |
| inherit | The value of the property should be inherited from the parent element. |
Specifies the orientation of menuitems and shard links. The default value is 'vertical'.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| horizontal | The menu is to be generated horizontally with an optional separator between each item. |
| vertical | The menu is to be generated vertically with one item per line. |
| inherit | The value of the property should be inherited from the parent element. |
Specifies how text is used in menuitems. The default value is 'plain'.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| none | Indicates that the text information in each menuitem is to be ignored. |
| plain | Indicates that the text information in each menuitem is to be used in creating the menu. |
| inherit | The value of the property should be inherited from the parent element. |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2002/06/xhtml2"
xmlns:mcs="http://www.volantis.com/xmlns/2006/01/xdime/mcs">
<head>
<title>Menu properties</title>
<style type="text/css">
.main-menu {
mcs-menu-style: dynamic;
mcs-menu-orientation: horizontal;
mcs-toggle-event: click;
}
label {
padding-left: 5px;
padding-right: 5px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<nl class="main-menu">
<label/>
<li>
<nl>
<label>A -R</label>
<li><a href="http://www.ankara-bel.gov.tr">Ankara</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.budapest.hu">Budapest</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ljubljana.si">Ljubljana</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nicosia.org.cy">Nicosia</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.rcc.lv">Riga</a></li>
</nl>
</li>
<li>
<nl>
<label>S - Z</label>
<li><a href="http://www.sofia.bg">Sofia</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.tallinn.ee">Tallinn</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.tirana.gov.al">Tirana</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cityofvalletta.org">Valletta</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wien.gv.at/">Vienna</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.vilnius.lt">Vilnius</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.zagreb.hr">Zagreb</a></li>
</nl>
</li>
</nl>
</body>
</html>