Vertical drop down menu with jQuery

jGlideMenu is a vertical menu that can be dragged and dropped so that the reader can place it anywhere. In addition, he can browse through the tabs in a very peculiar manner that comes with a sliding effect giving a sexy touch.

One of the advantages is that it can store a large number of links and can be removed anytime by clicking the 'Close' button.

Vertical Dropdown Menu for Blogger Demo

To understand this jQuery dropdown menu better and see it in action, please visit the demo blog below. There we can drag the menu, navigate through its tabs or close it.

Demo blog

How to Add Vertical Drop down Menu with jQuery in Blogger

To add a vertical drop-down menu with jQuery in a Blogger blog, follow these steps:

1. From your Blogger dashboard, go to 'Template' and click the 'Edit HTML' button. Once the template editor opens, click anywhere inside the code area and press the CTRL + F keys to open the search box.

Type inside the search box and just before this tag, add the following scripts:

2. Search for the ]]> tag and just before it, paste the CSS code:

.jGM_box {
position: absolute; /* Change 'absolute' with fixed if you want it to float */
top: 50px; /* Distance from the top of the window */
right: 760px; /* Distance from right */
width: 227px;
height: 317px;
background: #fff; /* Background color */
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid #ccc; /* Border color */
overflow: hidden;
}
.jGM_header{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;height:18px;width:227px;background:#d1d1d1;color:#fff;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;line-height:18px;cursor:move}.jGM_header a{margin-right:12px;text-decoration:none;color:#000 !important;cursor:pointer}.jGM_wrapper{position:absolute;top:19px;left:0;width:2270px;height:288px;margin:0;padding:0;border:0}.jGM_tile{position:absolute;top:0;left:7px;width:213px;height:auto;overflow:hidden;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:block}.jGM_cats{width:100%;height:64px;overflow:hidden;vertical-align:middle;text-align:left}.jGM_cats h4{font-family:Verdana,Arial,serif;font-size:1.8em;margin:0;padding:2px 0;line-height:1.8em;color:#414141;font-weight:normal}.jGM_cats p{font-family:Verdana,tahoma,arial;font-size:1em;margin:0;padding:0;line-height:1.2em;color:#858585;font-weight:normal}.jGM_pager{height:18px;width:213px;line-height:18px;margin:0;border:0;padding:0;background:#f6f6f6;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle}.jGM_pager a{text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;display:block}.jGM_pager a:hover{background:#d1d1d1}.jGM_pager img{border:0;margin:6px 0}.jGM_content{width:213px;height:150px;margin:1px 0;padding:0;border:0;overflow:hidden}.jGM_content a{font-family:Tahoma,arial;text-decoration:none;color:#333 !important;height:18px;width:100%;display:block;line-height:18px;padding:0 0 0 10px;background-color:#e6e7e9;margin:1px 0}.jGM_content a:hover{color:#fff !important;background-color:#4D4E67}.jGM_more{background-image:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4ezV64IbQlk7mdlJKgDxbWzdA-wc4Yh3kpTt7-I15kNowHq7471d7MGSM_QE2MsxCFx0GUUL-EQohcn5amoySccsxfXb_aPx8V_Jmta8sF1QrCCYYELYkJumWc7JNp5zr5u1L3_ZU3s/s1600/arrow.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:203px 50%}.jGM_back{position:absolute;top:255px;right:0;height:18px;width:52px;background:#d1d1d1;line-height:18px;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;margin:10px 0 0 0;padding:0;border:0;z-index:99}.jGM_back a{height:100%;width:100%;text-decoration:none;color:#000 !important;display:block}.jGM_back a:hover{color:#fff !important;background:#4D4E67}.jGM_reset{position:absolute;top:255px;right:62px;height:18px;width:52px;background:#d1d1d1;line-height:18px;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;margin:10px 0 0 0;padding:0;border:0;z-index:99}.jGM_reset a{height:100%;width:100%;text-decoration:none;color:#000 !important;display:block}.jGM_reset a:hover{color:#fff !important;background:#4D4E67}

Note:

The notes in green show you some parts that can be customized. If you want the menu to be static, let's say that you want to add it in the sidebar, then remove the script in red. Also, you will need to remove the snippet below as well in the CSS code:

position: absolute; /* Change 'absolute' with fixed if you want it to float */
top: 50px; /* Distance from the top of the window */
right: 760px; /* Distance from right */

Finally, click the 'Save Template' button to save the changes.

3. Go to 'Layout', click on 'Add a gadget' link and paste the structure of the menu inside a 'HTML/Javascript' gadget:

• Link 1


• Link 2


• Link 3


• Link 4


• Link 5


• URL address">Link 6


• URL address">Link 7


• URL address">Link 8


• URL address">Link 9


• URL address">Link 10


• URL address">Link 11

• Link 1.1


• URL address">Link 1.2


• URL address">Link 1.3


• URL address">Link 1.4

• URL address">Link 2.1


• Link 2.2


• URL address">Link 2.3

• URL address">Link 3.1


• URL address">Link 3.2


• URL address">Link 3.3

• URL address">Link 4.1


• URL address">Link 4.2


• URL address">Link 4.3

• URL address">Link 5.1


• URL address">Link 5.2

• URL address">Link 1.1.1


• URL address">Link 1.1.2

• URL address">Link 1.2.1


• URL address">Link 1.2.2

Add the URLs of the links and the titles that you want to appear in the menu and Save the changes.

How the Vertical drop down menu works?

If you want to add more links to the first level, then add another line like this:

URL address">Link 12

To add one more level to the link, then the line should be like this:

rel="tile_0010">Link 5

Then in the area of ​​the second or third level, add it like this:

id="tile_0010" class="jGlide_001_tiles" title="Menu" alt="Description of the second level">

• URL address">Link 5.1


• Url address">Link 5.2

If you look closely here, the link takes the REL attribute which must be the same as the ID we put on the second level. These IDs should not be repeated and always be unique. It may sound complicated, but once you understand the concept, you'll see that it's actually pretty simple.

When you add enough links, there will be some arrows on the top & bottom of the list which will help you navigate through the rest of the links - either up or down - on mouseover.

Throughout the menu structure, we can change the Menu name and the descriptions, as well.

Final note

As this menu is made with JQuery, please make sure to have only one version of it.