apTabMenu

apTabMenu applet provides a tabbed navigation system, very familiar to most visitors. Highly configurable, with a variety of tab designs, from simple border tabs to Windows-like 3D tabs.

Author's Notes:

  • 6 tab types
  • Support for frames
  • User-definable font style, font size and font face
  • Image icons
  • Ability to call javascripts
  • Color parameters for normal and mouseover state of text and tab
  • Mouseover and click sounds
  • Inactive/disabled items
  • User-definable default selected tab
  • Color parameter for borders
  • Menu structure can be loaded from an external txt file
  • User-definable delimiter for "menuItems" param
  • 3D text effects (normal and mouseover text shadow)
  • User defined browser's status string
  • Toggle mode
  • Tiled image background

How To Use:

  • Download aptab.zip (42 KB)
  • Unzip with a compression utility.

    Java Source: Available

    Sample HTML Source: 

    <applet Code=apTabMenu Archive=apTabMenu.jar Width=479 Height=22>
<param name="Copyright" value="Apycom Software - www.apycom.com">
<param name="isHorizontal" value="true">
<param name="bottomLine" value="true">
<param name="pressedItem" value="2">
<param name="tabType" value="1">	         	
<param name="status" value="link">
<param name="alignText" value="left">		         		
<param name="backColor" value="ffffff">
<param name="tabColor" value="e0f0ff">
<param name="tabHighColor" value="ffffff">
<param name="borderColor" value="0000ff">
<param name="fontColor" value="000000">
<param name="fontHighColor" value="0000ff">
<param name="font" value="Arial,11,0">
<param name="menuItems" value="
{_,http://javaboutique.internet.com/,_self,pix/apbhome.gif}
{apTabMenu,/index.html,_self,pix/apbstar.gif}
{Setup,setup.html,_self,pix/apbstar.gif}
{Parameters,config.html,_self,pix/apbtool.gif}
">
</applet>

    Status: Free, however free version displays Apycom Software url in the browser's status bar.
    Registration fee of $19.95 removes the status bar message.

    Author: Apycom Software

    Homepage: http://www.apycom.com/apmenu

    Upload Date: August 14, 2001

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