jsUI-Taskbar


			var mytaskbar = new Object();
			mytaskbar = taskbarNew("mytaskbar", "default", document.getElementById("taskCell"), null);
			mytaskbar.taskClick = doClick;
			mytaskbar.createFolder("taskFolder1", "Folder One");
			mytaskbar.createTask("task1", "First Task", "../images/icon.jpg", "taskFolder1");

The taskbar is a nested navigation control, based on those frequently found in Windows or the MacOS. It is compatible with Internet Explorer 5.0 and FireFox 1.0 or better. jsUI-Global/common.js jsUI-Global/uiCommon.js jsUI-Taskbar/component.js index.htm

The DOM object to which the taskbar is attached. Frequently a DIV or TD.

alert (mytaskbar.taskbarParent.id); DOM Object. This property is assigned on instantiation and is read only.

Gets or sets the string value representing the path to the root of the jsObjects directory. Used for calculating style and graphics file paths. Initially set during instantiation.

mytaskbar.rootDir = "http://localhost/libraries/jsobjects"; http://<server>/jsObjects String. This value only needs to be set if jsObjects is installed in a custom location.

Instantiates the taskbar through assignment into a Javascript object.

Required. The name for the new taskbar. Must match the name of an empty Javascript object to contain the taskbar. Optional. The name of the CSS (excluding the extension and path) file to use for the taskbar. If left blank, "default" will be used. Optional. The DOM object that the taskbar is to be attached to. If no value is passed, the taskbar will be appended to document.body Optional. The path to the root of the jsObjects directory. If left blank, the default path will be used.


				var mytaskbar = new Object();
				mytaskbar = taskbarNew("mytaskbar", "default", document.getElementById("taskbarDiv"), "../jsobjects");

The taskbar object. This is the only method that does not appear to be a member of the object -- because the object can't have members until it's instantiated. A blank object is created and will be filled with the jsUI-Taskbar members.

Creates a folder in the taskbar. Folders contain task icons. There must be at least one folder.

Required. A unique string to be used as the DOM ID for the new folder. Required. The text that appears as the title of the folder. Nothing

Creates a task icon in the specified folder in the taskbar.

Required. A unique string to be used as the DOM ID for the new task. Required. The text that appears as the title of the task. Optional. The icon for the task. Required. The folder to add the task to. Nothing

A method that can be attached to the resize events of a page, to resize the taskbar to fit the available space. This is optional, since the external page may not wish to have the taskbar resize.

<body onresize="mytaskbar.taskbarResize()">

Fires whenever a task is clicked, passing the ID of the target object, so that external code can respond.


				mytaskbar.itemClick = handler;

The handler should accept one string parameter which will contain the ID of the button clicked.