Team:CU-Boulder/includes/wiki/supersubs.js

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/*

* Supersubs v0.2b - jQuery plugin
* Copyright (c) 2008 Joel Birch
*
* Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
* 	http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
* 	http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
*
*
* This plugin automatically adjusts submenu widths of suckerfish-style menus to that of
* their longest list item children. If you use this, please expect bugs and report them
* to the jQuery Google Group with the word 'Superfish' in the subject line.
*
*/

;(function($){ // $ will refer to jQuery within this closure $.fn.supersubs = function(options){ var opts = $.extend({}, $.fn.supersubs.defaults, options); // return original object to support chaining return this.each(function() { // cache selections var $$ = $(this); // support metadata var o = $.meta ? $.extend({}, opts, $$.data()) : opts; // get the font size of menu. // .css('fontSize') returns various results cross-browser, so measure an em dash instead var fontsize = $('

').css({ 'padding' : 0, 'position' : 'absolute', 'top' : '-999em', 'width' : 'auto' }).appendTo($$).width(); //clientWidth is faster, but was incorrect here // remove em dash $('#menu-fontsize').remove(); // cache all ul elements $ULs = $$.find('ul'); // loop through each ul in menu $ULs.each(function(i) { // cache this ul var $ul = $ULs.eq(i); // get all (li) children of this ul var $LIs = $ul.children(); // get all anchor grand-children var $As = $LIs.children('a'); // force content to one line and save current float property var liFloat = $LIs.css('white-space','nowrap').css('float'); // remove width restrictions and floats so elements remain vertically stacked var emWidth = $ul.add($LIs).add($As).css({ 'float' : 'none', 'width' : 'auto' }) // this ul will now be shrink-wrapped to longest li due to position:absolute // so save its width as ems. Clientwidth is 2 times faster than .width() - thanks Dan Switzer .end().end()[0].clientWidth / fontsize; // add more width to ensure lines don't turn over at certain sizes in various browsers emWidth += o.extraWidth; // restrict to at least minWidth and at most maxWidth if (emWidth > o.maxWidth) { emWidth = o.maxWidth; } else if (emWidth < o.minWidth) { emWidth = o.minWidth; } emWidth += 'em'; // set ul to width in ems $ul.css('width',emWidth); // restore li floats to avoid IE bugs // set li width to full width of this ul // revert white-space to normal $LIs.css({ 'float' : liFloat, 'width' : '100%', 'white-space' : 'normal' }) // update offset position of descendant ul to reflect new width of parent .each(function(){ var $childUl = $('>ul',this); var offsetDirection = $childUl.css('left')!==undefined ? 'left' : 'right'; $childUl.css(offsetDirection,emWidth); }); }); }); }; // expose defaults $.fn.supersubs.defaults = { minWidth : 9, // requires em unit. maxWidth : 25, // requires em unit. extraWidth : 0 // extra width can ensure lines don't sometimes turn over due to slight browser differences in how they round-off values }; })(jQuery); // plugin code ends