TextMenu Applet

works with earlier browsers too.

Your browser doesn't support java1.1 or java is not enabled!

Copy the following code for the vertical version and put it in an html file:

<APPLET CODE=TextMenu.class WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=100>
<param name="TextToDisplay" value="Yahoo;Lycos;Infoseek;Excite;HotBot">
<param name="URLtoDisplay" value="http://www.yahoo.com/;http://www.lycos.com;
http://www.infoseek.com/;http://www.excite.com/;http://www.hotbot.com/">
<param name="Position" value="Vertical">
<param name="bgCOLOR1" value="255,255,255">
<param name="bgCOLOR2" value="0,0,255">
<param name="textCOLOR1" value="0,0,0">
<param name="textCOLOR2" value="255,0,0">
<param name="FontSize" value="14">
<param name="FontSize2" value="16">
<param name="FontStyle" value="BOLD">
<param name="FontStyle2" value="BOLDandITALIC">
<param name="Target" value="_blank;_blank;_blank;_blank;_blank">
<param name="FontName" value="TimesRoman">
<param name="Author" value="George Eleftheriou">
<param name="Email" value="gele@egnatia.ee.auth.gr">
Your browser doesn't support java1.1 or java is not enabled!
</APPLET>

Your browser doesn't support java1.1 or java is not enabled!

Copy the following code for the vertical version and put it in an html file:

<APPLET CODE=TextMenu.class WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=100>
<param name="TextToDisplay" value="Yahoo;Lycos;Infoseek;Excite;HotBot">
<param name="URLtoDisplay" value="http://www.yahoo.com/;http://www.lycos.com;
http://www.infoseek.com/;http://www.excite.com/;http://www.hotbot.com/">
<param name="Position" value="Vertical">
<param name="bgCOLOR1" value="0,0,255">
<param name="bgCOLOR2" value="255,255,255">
<param name="textCOLOR1" value="0,0,0">
<param name="textCOLOR2" value="0,0,0">
<param name="Target" value="_blank;_blank;_blank;_blank;_blank">
<param name="FontSize" value="14">
<param name="FontSize2" value="20">
<param name="FontName" value="TimesRoman">
<param name="Author" value="George Eleftheriou">
<param name="Email" value="gele@egnatia.ee.auth.gr">
Your browser doesn't support java1.1 or java is not enabled!
</APPLET>

Your browser doesn't support java1.1 or java is not enabled!

Copy the following code for the vertical version and put it in an html file:

<APPLET CODE=TextMenu.class WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=100>
<param name="TextToDisplay" value="Yahoo;Lycos;Infoseek;Excite;HotBot">
<param name="URLtoDisplay" value="http://www.yahoo.com/;http://www.lycos.com;
http://www.infoseek.com/;http://www.excite.com/;http://www.hotbot.com/">
<param name="Position" value="Vertical">
<param name="bgCOLOR1" value="255,255,255">
<param name="bgCOLOR2" value="255,255,255">
<param name="textCOLOR1" value="0,0,0">
<param name="textCOLOR2" value="0,0,255">
<param name="Target" value="_blank;_blank;_blank;_blank;_blank">
<param name="FontSize" value="16">
<param name="FontSize2" value="16">
<param name="FontName" value="TimesRoman">
<param name="Author" value="George Eleftheriou">
<param name="Email" value="gele@egnatia.ee.auth.gr">
Your browser doesn't support java1.1 or java is not enabled!
</APPLET>

Your browser doesn't support java1.1 or java is not enabled!

Copy the following code for the vertical version and put it in an html file:

<APPLET CODE=TextMenu.class WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=30>
<param name="TextToDisplay" value="Yahoo;Lycos;Infoseek;Excite;HotBot">
<param name="URLtoDisplay" value="http://www.yahoo.com/;http://www.lycos.com;
http://www.infoseek.com/;http://www.excite.com/;http://www.hotbot.com/">
<param name="Position" value="Horizontal">
<param name="bgCOLOR1" value="255,255,255">
<param name="bgCOLOR2" value="255,0,0">
<param name="textCOLOR1" value="0,0,0">
<param name="textCOLOR2" value="0,0,0">
<param name="Target" value="_blank;_blank;_blank;_blank;_blank">
<param name="FontSize" value="16">
<param name="FontSize2" value="20">
<param name="FontName" value="TimesRoman">
<param name="Author" value="George Eleftheriou">
<param name="Email" value="gele@egnatia.ee.auth.gr">
Your browser doesn't support java1.1 or java is not enabled!
</APPLET>

As you can see in these examples the combinatons are countless.

Parameters

TextToDisplay is the text you want to appear in the applet. Must be separated with ";"
URLtoDisplay contains the URLs that correspond to the above text values.Must be separated with ";"
Position is either Horizontal or Vertical
bgCOLOR1 is the background color of each label. All colors are defined as triples of R,G,B values where 0<R,G,B<255. All values zero indicate black, all values 255 indicate white.
bgCOLOR2 is the background color of the label when the mouse is over it
textCOLOR1 is the foreground color of each label
textCOLOR2 is the foreground color of the label when the mouse is over it
FontSize is the font size
FontSize2 is the font size when the mouse is over it.
FontName is the name of the font. If you don't know what fonts your java support, you 'd better leave it as it is.
FontStyle: the style can be "PLAIN" or "BOLD" or "ITALIC", or "BOLDandITALIC". Default is "BOLD".This means that if you don't specify this parameter, or if you specify it wrong, fontstyle will be "BOLD"
FontStyle2: the style when the mouse is over the text. Default is "BOLD"
Target can have any of the values "_self", "_parent", "_top", "_blank" or the name of the frame you want the URL to appear.Must be separated with ";". Default is "_blank"

You can customize all the values but remember to change the width and height of the applet accordingly.

Download the TextMenu.class and a.class and put it in the same Directory

Created 1998 by George Eleftheriou