phatfusion: imageMenu

basic example

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usage

add these javascript files to your page


	<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/mootools/1.2.4/mootools-yui-compressed.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/overlay.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/assets.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/multibox.js"></script>

create your links like this


	<a href="/myBigImage.jpg" class="mb" title="example title a"><img src="/mySmallImage.jpg" border="0"></a>

initialize the script like this


	window.addEvent('domready', function(){
	    var overlay = new overlay();
		var box = new multiBox('mb', {
			overlay: overlay
		});
	});

requirements:

mootools v1.2 core
mootools v1.2 more - assets
phatfusion - overlay

API

syntax:

var box = new multiBox(className [, options]);

arguments:

className - (string)
options - (object, optional)

options:

initialWidth: (number) the width of the box when it first opens while loading the item. Default: 250
initialHeight: (number) the width of the box when it first opens while loading the item. Default: 250
container: (element) the element that the box will take it coordinates from. Default: document.body
contentColor: (string) the color of the content area inside the box. Default: #FFF
showNumbers: (boolean) show the number of the item e.g. 2/10. Default: true
showControls: (boolean) show the navigation controls. Default: true
descClassName: (string) the classname of the divs that contain the description for the item. Default: false
descMinWidth: (number) the min width of the description text, useful when the item is small. Default: 400
descMaxWidth: (number) the max width of the description text, so it can wrap to multiple lines instead of being on a long single line. Useful when the item is large. Default: 600
movieWidth: (number) the default width of the box that contains content of a movie type. Default: 400
movieHeight: (number) the default height of the box that contains content of a movie type. Default: 300
offset: (object) containing x & y coords that adjust the positioning of the box. Default: {x:0, y:0}
fixedTop: (number) gives the box a fixed top position relative to the container. Default: false
path: (string) location of the resources files, e.g. flv player, etc. Default: 'files/'
openFromLink: (boolean) opens the box relative to the link location. Default: true

events:

onOpen: function to call when the box opens.
onClose: function to call when the box closes.

methods:

create

arguments:

path - (string) location of the media item
options - (object, optional)

options:

title: (string)
description: (string)
width: (number) the width of the box. (not used for images)
height: (number) the height of the box. (not used for images)
type: (number) force the media type, e.g. image or html
ajax: load the html content in via ajax.

returns:

(object) a new multiBox instance.