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MacMenu for APEX


A MacMenu sounds rather unhealthy, but if you can create your own one.... See it in action at the bottom of this page. The explanation on how to get this kind of result is also on that page.

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Anonymous said…
Hello

a nice example, but i doesn't work work correct in Opera, the small images are displayed strange.

The example at http://interface.eyecon.ro/demos/fisheye.html works correct in Opera, so maybe there is some bug in your implementation?
SydOracle said…
Pretty but worth pointing out that Apple did get awarded a patent for the magnification feature of its dock.

http://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/10/08.9.shtml
Sujay said…
It doesn't seem to work quite right in Internet Explorer. Do you know why? Also can the magnification be adjusted?
Roel said…
@Sunjay: In IE the menu shows up at the bottom left of the screen (instead of centered). I don't know why - and I didn't dive into it. The magnification is somewhere calculated - probably dependant on a CSS setting...??
Marco Schlicher said…
Roel,

Does the MacMenu also work in Apex 4.0 ?

can you please explain from were the CSS file should be created, is this from your page were the MacMenu is located or is this from the http://interface.eyecon.ro/demos/fisheye.html page.

And where soould the function call
to the jQuery 'start' function be created ?

regards,
Marco
Hi Roel,

can you please explain me the last step(4. Add a function call to the jQuery 'start' function:).

I am not getting where to insert the jquery code in apex.

Whether in dynamic action or Application process or In HTML Header of the page?

So please guide me on this flow.

Regards

Sharath SN
snsharath88@gmail.com
Banglore(India)

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