Horizontal Scrolling Menu Made With CSS and JavaScript

Simple version of the script menu that's in the top frame of the scriptomania.

This link list will slide into the left or the right when the mouse over the icon.

Script Demo:

Demo

Dynamic HTML Code:

Insert this code into <head> tags

<style type="text/css">
#divBg{position:absolute; z-index:10; width:200; left:0; height:100; clip:rect(0,10,10,0)}
#divMenu{position:absolute; left:15; top:6; font-weight:bold}
#divArrowLeft{position:absolute; width:20; height:20; left:0; top:9}
#divArrowRight{position:absolute; width:20; height:20; top:9}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
/********************************************************************************
Copyright (C) 1999 Thomas Brattli
This script is made by and copyrighted to Thomas Brattli at www.bratta.com
Visit for more great scripts. This may be used freely as long as this msg is intact!
I will also appriciate any links you could give me.
********************************************************************************/
//Default browsercheck, added to all scripts!
function checkBrowser(){
    this.ver=navigator.appVersion
    this.dom=document.getElementById?1:0
    this.ie5=(this.ver.indexOf("MSIE 5")>-1 && this.dom)?1:0;
    this.ie4=(document.all && !this.dom)?1:0;
    this.ns5=(this.dom && parseInt(this.ver) >= 5) ?1:0;
    this.ns4=(document.layers && !this.dom)?1:0;
    this.bw=(this.ie5 || this.ie4 || this.ns4 || this.ns5)
    return this
}
bw=new checkBrowser()
/**************************************************************************
Variables to set.
***************************************************************************/
//Updated: Added left and top variables.
sLeft=0 //The left placement of the menu
sTop=70 //The top placement of the menu

//The height of the menu
sMenuheight=30

//Width of the arrows
sArrowwidth=16

//Scroll speed: (in milliseconds, change this one and the next variable to change the speed)
sScrollspeed=20

//Pixels to scroll per timeout.
sScrollPx=10

/**************************************************************************
Scrolling functions
***************************************************************************/
var tim=0
var noScroll=true
function mLeft(){
    if(!noScroll && oMenu.x<sArrowwidth){
        oMenu.moveBy(sScrollPx,0)
        tim=setTimeout("mLeft()",sScrollspeed)
    }
}
function mRight(){
    if(!noScroll && oMenu.x>-(oMenu.scrollWidth-(pageWidth))-sArrowwidth){
        oMenu.moveBy(-sScrollPx,0)
        tim=setTimeout("mRight()",sScrollspeed)
    }
}
function noMove(){clearTimeout(tim); noScroll=true}
/**************************************************************************
Object part
***************************************************************************/
function makeObj(obj,nest,menu){
    nest=(!nest) ? '':'document.'+nest+'.'
    this.css=bw.dom? document.getElementById(obj).style:bw.ie4?document.all[obj].style:bw.ns4?eval(nest+"document.layers." +obj):0;
    this.evnt=bw.dom? document.getElementById(obj):bw.ie4?document.all[obj]:bw.ns4?eval(nest+"document.layers." +obj):0;
    this.scrollWidth=bw.ns4?this.css.document.width:this.evnt.offsetWidth
    this.x=(bw.ns4 || bw.ns5)? this.css.left:this.css.pixelLeft;
    this.y=(bw.ns4 || bw.ns5)? this.css.top:this.css.pixelTop;
    this.moveBy=b_moveBy; this.moveIt=b_moveIt; this.showIt=b_showIt;this.clipTo=b_clipTo;
    return this
}
function b_moveBy(x,y){this.x=this.x+x; this.y=this.y+y; this.css.left=this.x; this.css.top=this.y}
function b_moveIt(x,y){this.x=x; this.y=y; this.css.left=this.x; this.css.top=this.y}
function b_clipTo(t,r,b,l){
    if(bw.ns4){this.css.clip.top=t; this.css.clip.right=r; this.css.clip.bottom=b; this.css.clip.left=l
    }else this.css.clip="rect("+t+","+r+","+b+","+l+")";
}
function b_showIt(){this.css.visibility="visible"}
/**************************************************************************
Object part end
***************************************************************************/

/**************************************************************************
Init function. Set the placements of the objects here.
***************************************************************************/
function sideInit(){
    //Width of the menu, Currently set to the width of the document.
    //If you want the menu to be 500px wide for instance, just
    //set the the pageWidth=500 in stead.
    pageWidth=(bw.ns4 || bw.ns5)?innerWidth:document.body.offsetWidth-20;

    oBg=new makeObj('divBg')
    oMenu=new makeObj('divMenu','divBg',1)
    oArrowRight=new makeObj('divArrowRight','divBg')
    //Placement
    oBg.moveIt(sLeft,sTop) //Main div, holds all the other divs.
    oMenu.moveIt(sArrowwidth,6)
    oArrowRight.moveIt(pageWidth-sArrowwidth,9)
    //setting the width and the visible area of the links.
    if(bw.dom || bw.ie4){ oBg.css.width=pageWidth; oBg.css.overflow="hidden" }
    oBg.clipTo(0,pageWidth,sMenuheight,0)
}

//executing the init function on pageload.
onload=sideInit;
</script>

Insert this code into <body> tags

<div id="divBg">
    <div id="divMenu"><table><tr><td nowrap>
            [<a href="#">link 1</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 2</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 3</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 4</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 5</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 6</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 7</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 8</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 9</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 10</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 11</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 12</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 13</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 14</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 15</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 16</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 17</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 18</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 19</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 20</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 21</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 22</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 23</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 24</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 25</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 26</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 27</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 28</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 29</a>]
            [<a href="#">link 30</a>]
    </td></tr></table>
    </div>
    <div id="divArrowLeft"><a href="javascript://" onmouseover="noScroll=false; mLeft()" onmouseout="noMove()"><img src="images/arrowleft.gif" width=16 height=21 border=0></A></div>
    <div id="divArrowRight"><a href="javascript://" onmouseover="noScroll=false; mRight()" onmouseout="noMove()"><img src="images/arrowright.gif" width=16 height=21 border=0></a></div>
</div>

Instruction:

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