Help with hide/show layers

goboi · 03-20-2006, 08:12 PM

I have been using HTML and some JavaScript for a while now, but this mixing with PHP/CSS has me stumped. I am trying to get the menu to load in the open position on page load. (www.cginformation.org) The categories on the left, here is the current code:

Code:

 <div id="sidebar"> 
  <ul>
    <li> 
      <h2> 
        <a href="#" title="<?php _e('Categories'); ?>" onload="showlayer('subcat1');"><?php _e('Categories'); ?></a>
      </h2>
      <ul id="subcat1" style="display:none; margin:0px; padding:0px;">
        <?php wp_list_cats(); ?>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li> 
      <h2> 
        <a href="#" title="<?php _e('Archives'); ?>" onclick="showhidelayer('subcat2');"><?php _e('Archives'); ?></a>
      </h2>
      <ul id="subcat2" style="display:none; margin:0px; padding:0px;">
        <?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li><script type="text/javascript" src="http://embed.technorati.com/embed/2axrcuxhvt.js"></script><br>
		<!-- Site Meter XHTML Strict 1.0 -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://s23.sitemeter.com/js/counter.js?site=s23cginformation">
</script>
</li>
<li><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/"><img src="http://ryanerickson.com/uscg/wp-content/themes/Wuhan/images/firefox.gif" border="0"></a></li>
<li><a href="http://cginformation.org"><img src="http://ryanerickson.com/uscg/images/cginfo.png"></a></li>

  </ul>
</div>

As the code is now, one has to click on the categories to drop down the menu, what do I need to change in this code to have it show on load without having to click on it? Thanks in advance! ~Ryan

***bpat1434*** · 03-21-2006, 01:07 AM

Well, the JS function would have been helpful to look at; however, if you just call the function on page load, you'll be fine:

HTML Code:

<body onLoad="showhidelayer('subcat1');">

THis will automatically show the "Categories" sub-categories....

goboi · 03-21-2006, 02:08 AM

My god do I feel stupid, I was trying to get WAY to into it. Thanks bpat1434!

***bpat1434*** · 03-21-2006, 11:44 AM

No problem!!

It took me some time to... had to get the frames source.... #2 reason why I hate frames, different sources...