SmartMenus jQuery is a successor to one of the oldest website menu scripts which was released back on August 2, 2001. Although the name of the project remains the same, the jQuery plugin is a completely new open-source script designed and developed from scratch. It’s main goal was to create a script that supports equally well widest possible variety of browsers running on all kinds of platforms and devices – desktop computers, tablets, mobile phones.
Features:
- Optimized for mobile and desktop browsers supporting touch, mouse or both inputs at the same time
- Section 508 compliant and fully accessible to assistive technology like screen readers
- List-based (search engine friendly) markup – can be easily generated from any kind of database
- Completely CSS driven with fully customizable menu styles
- Unlimited menu trees on the same page and unlimited sub menu levels supported
- Horizontal or vertical main menu items arrangement
- Absolute/relative/fixed positioning for the main menus supported
- Right-to-left and bottom-to-top display of the sub menus is possible
- Full window size detection – the menus will always be kept inside the window’s boundaries
- Automatically adjustable width for the sub menus is possible (including min/max settings)
- Keyboard navigation friendly (Tab key)