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SmoothMenu addon for jQuery UI

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jQuery.ui.SmoothMenu is

SmoothMenu is the jQuery plugin that implemented the movement that is near to MenuMatic of MooTools.

HTML

JavaScript $('#root > li').smoothMenu();

The child element tag of the list

Time before an element disappearing after a mouse left it. (Millisec)

The open direction of list.

Id of the container element.

The time of the open/close animetion.(Millisec) Time to take till an element opens. (Millisec)

Name	Type	Default	Description
childTag	String	'li'	The child element tag of the list
delay	Number	1000	Time before an element disappearing after a mouse left it. (Millisec)
direction	String	'horizontal'	The open direction of list. horizontal or vertical
dockId	String	'ui_smooth_menu_container'	Id of the container element
duration	Number	200	The time of the open/close animetion.(Millisec)
easing	String	'swing'	Easing of open/close animation
icon	Boolean	true	Indication setting of the icon
opacity	Number	0.95	Transparency when an element was opened
parentTag	String	'ul'	Parent element tag of the list
zIndex	Number	1	z-index appointment of the widget. By 1 increases at every recurrence.

Name	Usage	Description
destroy	.smoothMenu('destroy')	Back to the initial state to remove the widget.
disable	.smoothMenu('disable')	Disable the widget.
content	.smoothMenu('content')	Return the list of child elements.
enable	.smoothMenu('enable')	Enable the widget.
hide	.smoothMenu('hide', [duration])	Hide the widget. You can specify the speed duration.
option	.smoothMenu('option' , optionName , [value])	Get or set any button option. If no value is specified, will act as a getter.
option	.smoothMenu('option' , options)	Set multiple button options at once by providing an options object.
rootContainer	.smoothMenu('rootContainer')	Return the parent element.
show	.smoothMenu('show', [duration])	Show the widget. You can specify the speed duration.
widget	.smoothMenu('widget')	Returns the element.

Name	Type	Description
create	smoothmenucreate	This event is triggered when smoothMenu is created.
beforeShow	smoothmenubeforeshow	This event is triggered when smoothMenu before open. If call the event.preventDefault method or return false.Operation is canceled.
onShow	smoothmenuonshow	This event is triggered when smoothMenu is opened.
beforeHide	smoothmenubeforehide	This event is triggered when smoothMenu before close. If call the event.preventDefault method or return false.Operation is canceled.
onHide	smoothmenuberonhide	This event is triggered when smoothMenu is closed.