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DHTML menu problems can be consigned to the past using Alien Menus for:
superior performance
higher scalability
greater optical impact
faster development
true frame-crossing
What can these menus do for you?[Show detailed feature listing] These are drop-bar site navigation menus available in numerous themes and suitable for top bar navigation with the menu laid out horizontally across the page. Drop-bar action. This is a layout variation of the standard drop-down menu. The submenus are horizontally stacked into bars, not vertically stacked. This can be very attractive for smallish menus, and means that less page content is covered while the user navigates. States and colours. The buttons or menu-items each have three states and you can change the colours of these states. Click here to find out more about states and colours. Fonts and text formatting. The menu supports true-type fonts and you can format text colour, size, weight and alignment. The professional and enterprise versions additionally offer text shadows, italics and underline options. Click here to find out more about fonts and text formatting. Layout and line-wrapping. This menu features automated text layout and line-wrapping. Submenus are sized according to both content and aesthetic criteria. Click here to find out more about layout and line-wrapping. Icons. Dual-state user-defined icons are supported. Click here to find out more about icons. Stylesheet formatting. The professional and enterprise versions support stylesheet formatting. Click here to find out more about stylesheet formatting. Scrolling submenus. Submenu content can be scrolled if its size exceeds certain pre-defined reasonable proportions. Carousel scrolling is used for user-friendliness. Click here to find out more about scrolling submenus. Hyperlinks. Every menu item can have hyperlinks attached. Click here to find out more about hyperlinks. Script triggers. If you like writing your own javascripts, you will be happy to find that this applet can directly trigger your scripts. Click here to find out more about scripts. Index capacity. Depending on level (Lite, Professional, Enterprise), this menu may support 50, 1000 or any number of menu items. Thousands of menu items may be handled simultaneously client-side without loss of performance - scalability is where we offer industry-defining expertise. Dynamic indices. The professional and enterprise versions are able to read dynamic indices. Click here to find out more about dynamic indices. Compressed indices. The professional and enterprise versions are able to read ZIP-compressed indices, which allows an approximately tenfold (900%) increase in index-reading speed. Click here to find out more about compressed indices. Additional index features. The professional and enterprise versions offer a variety of further index features. Click here to find out more about additional index features. Programming interface. The enterprise version offers an API for interfacing the menu with your web application. Click here to find out more about the programming interface. Tools. An online visual configurator is available. It can be used to edit the size, appearance and content of your menu. Sound effects. The menu can trigger sounds of your choice. For a menu similar to this but with greater graphical options, such as support for background images, click here. Custom solutions based on this menu are also available. Levels. This menu is available in Lite, Professional and Enterprise versions.
