Is there a popup / quick launch module such that I can do the following:???

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A-G of the top box represent either programs, lsxCommands, or pointers to a sub-popup.
On hover you can highlight the icon (or make it larger), unless it's a popup, then show the sub box, which disappears on mouse out.
Thoughts? This would allow for nice quick launch bars. I built something like this for talisman desktop it looked like:

My Computer
My Documents
Applications ---> Apps Popup
Notepad
Internet ---> Internet Popup
Games ---> Games Popup
DVD ---> DVD Popup
Control Panel ---> Control Panel


OO Writer
OO Calc
Adobe PS


Freecell
BG

Peter

How do(es) xLabel and/or xPopup) fail at this? If it's slightly complex, can you draw out each important state?

xPopup looks like it might do the trick...will study the docs. Do you know of a theme that makes good use of it so I can study it as a sample?

Peter

Oops should have read a bit more before responding ;(. xPopup is the popup menu for right click on the desktop right? I dont think I'll need a sample for that :). Although it's not quite what I am trying to do. What I am trying to do is more of a icon only based popup. An example from Talisman is at http://www.howudodat.com/desk.jpg
The text in my OP didn't format exactly right.

This is really more like QLaunch on steroids :)

Peter

The link doesn't work, but xpopup can do icon only based popups.

If the sizes don't change on hover, xPopup can definitely do that. If they do...it might, but I won't say it definitely can. Check the 'special quicklaunch mode' I think it's called--basically a little horizontal icon-only popup.

Just remove the dot at the end of his link to view the image...
And Cerbie is correct xpopup can do everthing you want.
If you want to see how its done I use that in Obsidian theme.
Visit my homepage and download that theme...
Hope you can read code!

Sorry about the . at the end of the link, it's been removed.
I have the obsidian theme, is it the quicklanuch module? Or do you have another popup there that I am not seeing?

I dont mind reading code as long as there is something basic to get me started. I've been coding for just a hair over 20 years

I've read the docs on xPopup and will do some testing.

BTW, love the theme..the countdown makes me smile everytime I hear it! Although the theme does seem to make my system run slower ie: I can visibly watch my menus drop down. If we want to figure that one out, we can take it to a different thread.

Peter

http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock

Haha@THC4k

(ok, that's not funny ;))

search for quicklaunch in the readme for xpopup thats how I did it.