How to make jQuery UI nav menu horizontal?

Question

I love the jQuery UI stuff!

I like the navigation menu, but I can't seem to get it horizontal. I've got to be missing something that's a cinch.

Anyone know how to change the CSS? I tried this but it is for an older version and doesn't work, since there is no longer "clear" to keep them on top of each other.

Relevant CSS:

.ui-menu { list-style:none; padding: 2px; margin: 0; display:block; outline: none; }
.ui-menu .ui-menu { margin-top: -3px; position: absolute; }
.ui-menu .ui-menu-item { margin: 0; padding: 0; zoom: 1; width: 100%; }
.ui-menu .ui-menu-divider { margin: 5px -2px 5px -2px; height: 0; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; border-width: 1px 0 0 0; }
.ui-menu .ui-menu-item a { text-decoration: none; display: block; padding: 2px .4em; line-height: 1.5; zoom: 1; font-weight: normal; }
.ui-menu .ui-menu-item a.ui-state-focus,
.ui-menu .ui-menu-item a.ui-state-active { font-weight: normal; margin: -1px; }

.ui-menu .ui-state-disabled { font-weight: normal; margin: .4em 0 .2em; line-height: 1.5; }
.ui-menu .ui-state-disabled a { cursor: default; }

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

Just think about the jquery-ui menu as being the verticle dropdown when you hover over a topic on your main horizonal menu. That way, you have a separate jquery ui menu for each topic on your main menu. The horizonal main menu is just a collection of float:left divs wrapped in a mainmenu div. You then use the hover in and hover out to pop up each menu.

$('.mainmenuitem').hover(
    function(){ 
        $(this).addClass('ui-state-focus');
        $(this).addClass('ui-corner-all');
        $(this).addClass('ui-state-hover');
        $(this).addClass('ui-state-active');
        $(this).addClass('mainmenuhighlighted');
        // trigger submenu
        var position=$(this).offset();
        posleft=position.left;
        postop=position.top;
        submenu=$(this).attr('submenu');
        showSubmenu(posleft,postop,submenu);    
    },
    function(){ 
        $(this).removeClass('ui-state-focus');
        $(this).removeClass('ui-corner-all');
        $(this).removeClass('ui-state-hover');
        $(this).removeClass('ui-state-active');
        $(this).removeClass('mainmenuhighlighted');
        // remove submenu
        $('.submenu').hide();
    }
    );

The showSubmenu function is simple - it just positions the submenu and shows it.

function showSubmenu(left,top,submenu){
    var tPosX=left;
    var tPosY=top+28;
    $('#'+submenu).css({left:tPosX, top:tPosY,position:'absolute'});
    $('#'+submenu).show();
}

You then need to make sure the submenu is visible while your cursor is on it and disappears when you leave (this should be in your document.ready function.

$('.submenu').hover(
            function(){ 
                $(this).show();
            },
            function(){ 
                $(this).hide();
            }
            );

Also don't forget to hide your submenus to start with - in the document.ready function

$(".submenu" ).hide();

See the full code here

http://jsfiddle.net/R4nyn/

Answer 2

I'm new to stackoverflow, so please be nice :) however turning to the problem of horizontal jQuery ui menu, the only way I could manage to resolve the problem (refering to this) was to set:

#nav li {width: auto; clear: none; float: left}
#nav ul li {width: auto; clear: none; float:none}

Answer 3

I just been for 3 days looking for a jquery UI and CSS solution, I merge some code I saw, fix a little, and finally (along the other codes) I could make it work!

http://jsfiddle.net/Moatilliatta/97m6ty1a/

<ul id="nav" class="testnav">
    <li><a class="clk" href="#">Item 1</a></li>
    <li><a class="clk" href="#">Item 2</a></li>
    <li><a class="clk" href="#">Item 3</a>
        <ul class="sub-menu">
            <li><a href="#">Item 3-1</a>
                <ul class="sub-menu">
                    <li><a href="#">Item 3-11</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Item 3-12</a>
                        <ul>
                            <li><a href="#">Item 3-111</a></li>                         
                            <li><a href="#">Item 3-112</a>
                                <ul>
                                    <li><a href="#">Item 3-1111</a></li>                            
                                    <li><a href="#">Item 3-1112</a></li>                            
                                    <li><a href="#">Item 3-1113</a>
                                        <ul>
                                            <li><a href="#">Item 3-11131</a></li>                           
                                            <li><a href="#">Item 3-11132</a></li>                           
                                        </ul>
                                    </li>                           
                                </ul>
                            </li>
                            <li><a href="#">Item 3-113</a></li>
                        </ul>
                    </li>
                    <li><a href="#">Item 3-13</a></li>
                </ul>
            </li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 3-2</a>
                <ul>
                    <li><a href="#."> Item 3-21 </a></li>
                    <li><a href="#."> Item 3-22 </a></li>
                    <li><a href="#."> Item 3-23 </a></li>
                </ul>   
            </li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 3-3</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 3-4</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 3-5</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a class="clk" href="#">Item 4</a>
        <ul class="sub-menu">
            <li><a href="#">Item 4-1</a>
                <ul class="sub-menu">
                    <li><a href="#."> Item 4-11 </a></li>
                    <li><a href="#."> Item 4-12 </a></li>
                    <li><a href="#."> Item 4-13 </a>
                        <ul>
                            <li><a href="#."> Item 4-131 </a></li>
                            <li><a href="#."> Item 4-132 </a></li>
                            <li><a href="#."> Item 4-133 </a></li>
                        </ul>
                    </li>
                </ul>
            </li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 4-2</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 4-3</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a class="clk" href="#">Item 5</a></li>
</ul>

javascript

$(document).ready(function(){

var menu = "#nav";
var position = {my: "left top", at: "left bottom"};

$(menu).menu({

    position: position,
    blur: function() {
        $(this).menu("option", "position", position);
        },
    focus: function(e, ui) {

        if ($(menu).get(0) !== $(ui).get(0).item.parent().get(0)) {
            $(this).menu("option", "position", {my: "left top", at: "right top"});
            }
    }
});     });

CSS

.ui-menu {width: auto;}.ui-menu:after {content: ".";display: block;clear: both;visibility: hidden;line-height: 0;height: 0;}.ui-menu .ui-menu-item {display: inline-block;margin: 0;padding: 0;width: auto;}#nav{text-align: center;font-size: 12px;}#nav li {display: inline-block;}#nav li a span.ui-icon-carat-1-e {float:right;position:static;margin-top:2px;width:16px;height:16px;background:url(https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/ui-icons-222222-256x240.png) no-repeat -64px -16px;}#nav li ul li {width: 120px;border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;}#nav li ul {width: 120px; }.ui-menu .ui-menu-item li a span.ui-icon-carat-1-e {background:url(https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/ui-icons-222222-256x240.png) no-repeat -32px -16px !important;

Answer 4

changing:

.ui-menu .ui-menu-item { 
    margin: 0; 
    padding: 0; 
    zoom: 1; 
    width: 100%; 
}

to:

.ui-menu .ui-menu-item { 
    margin: 0; 
    padding: 0; 
    zoom: 1; 
    width: auto; 
    float:left; 
 }

should start you off.

Answer 5

Adding on to Mihalis Bagos answer. I have ended up doing the following:

<style>
.ui-menu{
   z-index: 1000;
}

#menubar-layout-container > .ui-menu:after {
    content: ".";
    display: block;
    clear: both;
    visibility: hidden;
    line-height: 0;
    height: 0;
}

#menubar-layout-container > .ui-menu > .ui-menu-item {
    display: inline-block;
    float: left;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    width: auto;
}

.ui-menu .ui-menu-icon{
   display: none;
}
</style>

This makes the top level menu horizontal but leaves any sub menus vertical.

I had to remove the icons as this was messing up the layout

There also seems to be a problem with the sub menu positioning.