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Like Apple Navigation Dock jQuery Plugin

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Like Apple Navigation Dock jQuery Plugin
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1) Menu structure

<!-- HTML FILE -->
 
<ul id="targetMenu">
<!-- use <li class="navActive"> to set active icon menu -->
  <li>
    <a href="#">
      <!-- alt attribute will be catch as tips for the navDock menu -->
      <img src="my_icon.png" alt="tipsName" />
    </a>
  <li>
  <!-- ...etc..for each icon -->
</ul>

2) Link Plugin Files

    <!-- Head of your html file -->
    <head>
     
    <!-- Add Scripts -->
    <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="path_to_navDock.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
     
    <!-- Add Css -->
    <link href="path_to_navDock.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
     
    </head>

3) Activation

    <!-- Activate navDock -->
    <script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function(){
     
      $('#targetMenu').navDocks({
        fromSize:64, // Icon Size "normal" : Interger
        toSize:128, // Icon Size "over" : Integer
        speed:300, // Speed : Integer or 'slow' / 'fast'
        tips:true, // Tips : TRUE / FALSE
        activeMenu:false, // ActiveMenu : TRUE / FALSE
        ajax:true // Using Ajax : TRUE / FALSE
      });
     
    });
    </script>

CSS

    /*START*/
     
    /*Style for menuContainer*/
    #targetMenu{
    width:448px;
    height:128px; /*max height depend of max size icon (mouseOver) and size of navActive Background.
                    Here no activeNav => ex: 128px+0px = 128px */
    margin:0 auto;
    background-image:url(../img/bgMenu.png);
    background-repeat:repeat-x;
    background-position:0 bottom;
    }
     
    /*Style Hack IE7*/
    #targetMenu li{
    *float:left; /*IE 7 Hack with Float + Margin-Top */
    }
     
    /*Style for link Active icon*/
    #targetMenu li.navActive a{
    background-image:url(../img/navActive.png);
    background-repeat:no-repeat;
    background-position:center bottom;
    }
     
    /*Style for link icon*/
    #targetMenu li a{
    position:relative;
    display:block;
    float:left;
    width:64px; /* size of the icon when mouse is out */
    height:64px; /* size of the icon when mouse is out */
    margin-top:64px; /*result of (iconSize_Over - iconSize_Out) => ex : 128px - 64px = 64px*/
    text-decoration:none;
    }
     
    /*Style for icon*/
    #targetMenu li a img{ width:100%;}
     
    /*Style for tips*/
    #targetMenu li span.tips{
    position: absolute;
    display:block;
    top:10px; left:70px;
    padding:5px;
    background-color:#F0F0F0;
    color:#448ab0;
    text-decoration:none;
    font-weight:bold;
    }
     
    /*END*/

The article source:http://dipi-graphics.com/labs/6/NavDock-jQuery-Plugin.html

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