Javascript Course

The JavaScript function presented in this page can be used to create Multi-Level Menu. The function has three parameters:
      - parentId - the ID of the parent /category with sub-categories.
      - ctgLists - an object with parents and their direct child-lists (array with their IDs).
      - ctgData - an object with data (name, link-URL) of each list /anchor in menu.

Code of the multilevelMenu() function

// recursive function to create multilevel menu list, parentId 0 is the Root
// function addapted from: http://crisp.tweakblogs.net/blog/317/formatting-a-multi-level-menu-using-only-one-query.html
function multilevelMenu(parentId, ctgLists, ctgData) {
  var html = '';       // stores and returns the html code with Menu lists

  // if parent item with child IDs in ctgLists
  if(ctgLists[parentId]) {
    html = '<ul>';      // open UL

    // traverses the array with child IDs of current parent, and adds them in LI tags, with their data from ctgData
    for (childId in ctgLists[parentId]) {
      // define CSS class in anchors, useful to be used in CSS style to design the menu
      if(parentId == 0) var clsa = ' class="firsrli"';       // to add class to anchors in main /first categories
      else if(ctgLists[ctgLists[parentId][childId]]) var clsa = ' class="litems"';       // to add class to anchors in lists with childs
      else var clsa = '';

      // open LI
      html += '<li><a href="'+ ctgData[ctgLists[parentId][childId]].lurl +'" title="'+ ctgData[ctgLists[parentId][childId]].lname +'"'+ clsa +'>'+ ctgData[ctgLists[parentId][childId]].lname +'</a>';

      html += multilevelMenu(ctgLists[parentId][childId], ctgLists, ctgData);     // re-calls the function to find parent with child-items recursively

      html += '</li>';      // close LI
    }
    html += '</ul>';       // close UL
  }

  return html;
}

- Example of usage multilevelMenu() function:
<div id="m_menu">Here it is included the Menu, with JavaScript</div>

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
// recursive function to create multilevel menu list, $parentId 0 is the root
// function addapted from: http://crisp.tweakblogs.net/blog/317/formatting-a-multi-level-menu-using-only-one-query.html
function multilevelMenu(parentId, ctgLists, ctgData) {
  var html = '';       // stores and returns the html code with Menu lists

  // if parent item with child IDs in ctgLists
  if(ctgLists[parentId]) {
    html = '<ul>';      // open UL

    // traverses the array with child IDs of current parent, and adds them in LI tags, with their data from ctgData
    for (childId in ctgLists[parentId]) {
      // define CSS class in anchors, useful to be used in CSS style to design the menu
      if(parentId == 0) var clsa = ' class="firsrli"';       // to add class to anchors in main /first categories
      else if(ctgLists[ctgLists[parentId][childId]]) var clsa = ' class="litems"';       // to add class to anchors in lists with childs
      else var clsa = '';

      // open LI
      html += '<li><a href="'+ ctgData[ctgLists[parentId][childId]].lurl +'" title="'+ ctgData[ctgLists[parentId][childId]].lname +'"'+ clsa +'>'+ ctgData[ctgLists[parentId][childId]].lname +'</a>';

      html += multilevelMenu(ctgLists[parentId][childId], ctgLists, ctgData);     // re-calls the function to find parent with child-items recursively

      html += '</li>';      // close LI
    }
    html += '</ul>';       // close UL
  }

  return html;
}

// object with parents and their childs
var ctgLists = {
  0: [1, 33],
  1: [2, 15, 28, 31, 32],
  2: [3, 7, 12],
  3: [4, 5, 6],
  7: [8, 10, 11],
  8: [9],
  12: [13, 14],
  15: [16, 21, 22, 23, 27],
  16: [17, 18, 19, 20],
  23: [24, 25, 26],
  28: [29, 30],
  33: [34],
  34: [35, 38, 46],
  35: [36, 37],
  38: [39, 43],
  39: [40, 41, 42],
  43: [44, 45]
};

// object with link data
var ctgData = {
  0: {
    'lname': 'Root',
    'lurl': '#',
  },
  1: {
    'lname': 'CoursesWeb.net',
    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/',
  },
  2: {
    'lname': 'JavaScript Courses',
    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/javascript/',
  },
  3: {
    'lname': 'Tutorials',
    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/javascript/tutorials_t',
  },
  4: {
    'lname': 'setTimeout - setInterva',
    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/javascript/settimeout-setinterval_t',
  },
  5: {
    'lname': 'Dynamic variables',
    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/javascript/dynamic-variables-javascript_t',
  },
  6: {
    'lname': 'Validate radio - checkbox',
    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/javascript/validate-radio-checkbox-buttons_t',
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    'lname': 'jQuery Course',
    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/jquery/jquery-course',
  },
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    'lname': 'jQuery Basics',
    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/jquery/jquery-basics',
  },
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    'lname': 'Selecting HTML elements',
    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/jquery/jquery-basics#selelm',
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    'lname': 'jQuery ajax(}',
    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/jquery/jquery-ajax',
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    'lname': 'slideDown - SlideUp',
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    'lname': 'Lessons',
    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/php-mysql/lessons',
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    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/php-mysql/strings',
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    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/php-mysql/constants',
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    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/php-mysql/arrays',
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    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/php-mysql/common-php-errors-solution_t#perr12_11',
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    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/php-mysql/common-php-errors-solution_t#perr13_12',
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    'lname': 'Code Snippets',
    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/php-mysql/common-php-errors-solution_t#perr13_12',
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    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/ajax/',
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    'lname': 'Tutorials',
    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/ajax/tutorials_t',
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    'lname': 'Download Resources',
    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/ajax/download_l2',
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    'lname': 'HTML Course',
    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/html/',
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    'lname': 'CSS Course',
    'lurl': 'https://coursesweb.net/css/',
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    'lurl': 'https://marplo.net/javascript/jquery-css-js#arclass',
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};

// adds the html menu lists in the DIV with id="m_menu"
document.getElementById('m_menu').innerHTML = multilevelMenu(0, ctgLists, ctgData);
//-->
</script>
The code above will build and display these HTML lists:

- To display properly these memu lists, apply CSS properties to design the dropdown menu.
Here's two CSS codes that can be used for Horizontal and Vertical Dropdown Menu. The menu-lists are included into a DIV with id="m_menu" (click on the image to see how the menu looks):

CSS code for Horizontal-Vertical Menu

Horizontal-Vertical menu

CSS code for Vertical-Horizontal Menu

Vertical-Horizontal menu

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HTML
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continue prompt() break
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  if(i > 1) break;
  alert(i);
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Indicate the function that can create a constant.
define() include() defined()
define("CONSTANT_NAME", "value");
echo CONSTANT_NAME;
Recursive function to create Multi-Level Menu in JavaScript

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