The javascript demonstrated on this page is a close button/link option for the Absolute Floating Menu script. Click the buttons to show/hide the floating menu box.

Show the floating menu Hide the floating menu

Show the floating menu    Hide the floating menu To use the script perform the following steps:

• Follow instructions on Absolute Floating Menu page.

• Insert the following code after the Absolute Floating Menu javascript code (or put in separate file and reference it):

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
/* Script by: www.jtricks.com
 * Version: 20080801
 * Latest version:
 * www.jtricks.com/javascript/navigation/floating_close.html
 */
floatingMenu.hide = function()
{
    floatingMenu.menu.style.display='none';
    return false;
}

floatingMenu.show = function()
{
    floatingMenu.menu.style.display='block';
    return false;
}
//--></script>

• When you need to hide the menu, call floatingMenu.hide().
• When you need to show the menu again, call floatingMenu.show(). For example:

<button onclick="floatingMenu.show()">Show</button>
<button onclick="floatingMenu.hide()">Hide</button>
<a href="#" onclick="return floatingMenu.show()">Show</a>
<a href="#" onclick="return floatingMenu.hide()"">Hide</a>

The javascript snippet above was tested on the following user agents:

Mozilla/Netscape	Firefox 2.0.x	Ok.
	Firefox 1.5	Ok.
	Firefox 1.0.x	Ok.
Microsoft	Internet Explorer 7.0	Ok.
	Internet Explorer 6.0	Ok.
Opera	Opera 9.x	Ok.
	Opera 8.x	Ok.
KHTML	Konqueror 3.5.5	Ok.
	Safari 3.1.2	Ok.
No Javascript or Javascript turned off	Any	The show/hide effect just will not happen.