JDDM 2.1.003 review

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: Nicola Asuni

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JDDM (Drop Down Menu) is a drop down java menu applet, a comprehensive solution for website navigation.

JDDM is browser-independent and highly-configurable, it could be easily customized to fit your website needs and to achieve an unlimited variety of menu appearances and behaviors.

JDDM let you generate vertical and horizontal menus with unlimited number of nested pop-up submenus, various color schemes, buttons, fonts, icons and sounds (see examples).

This new version includes keyboard shortcut support and customizables buttons distances and internal padding for each border.

Here are some key features of "JDDM":
browser-independent, works fine with any browser that support at least Java 1.1
supports an unlimited number of nested pop-up submenus
menu items data and structure can be loaded from an external text file
submenus can overlap all HTML content, java applets, form elements, flash animations, frames and even jump outside the browser window
could be displayed either vertically or horizontally
customizables charset encoding for each menu item, supports international character sets (require appropriate OS/browsers)
ability to call various URL schemas (http, ftp, mailto, javascript, ...)
supports javascript
supports target frames
customizables font face, font size and font style for each main item and sub-menu items
customizables shadow effect for each main item text
customizables background and text colors for each main item and for each state (normal, mouse-over and mouse-click)
customizables background images for each main item and for each state (normal, mouse-over and mouse-click)
customizables image icon for each main item and for each state (normal, mouse-over and mouse-click)
customizables text and icon position inside each main item
customizables status bar description message for each main item
customizables sounds for each main item and for each action state (mouse-over and mouse-click)
customizables submenu arrows images and position for each main item and for each state (normal, mouse-over and mouse-click)
customizables submenu relative position
customizables 3D button bevel and pushed effect for each main item
customizables buttons distances and internal padding for each border
ability to enable and disable items
supports keyboard shortcuts

What's New in This Release:
The license was changed to the GPL.