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**acompton** · 27-Sep-2006, 03:20 PM

I'm not a JS expert and I might be wrong, but I think the problem is that every time the page is drawn, the variable, menuState, is re-initialised. It doesn't retain its value between pages. This code fragment shows the effect. Paste it into a file called test.html and try it on your PC.

Code:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
<!--
var menuState = -1;
function test()
{
	var s = new String();
	menuState++;
	s = "menuState = " + menuState + "<br>";
	document.write(s);
}
//-->
</script>

</HEAD>

<BODY>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
	test();
// -->
</script>
<a href="test.html">Test</a>
</BODY>
</HTML>

**paulbeckett** · 27-Sep-2006, 08:07 PM

Ah, of course.

Yes - so everytime I refresh the page with the menu open, the menu closes on the new page ... and clicking on the new cufflinks button has the same affect - e.g. it goes back to square one.

Hmmm - so I need improved Javascript. Thanks for your advice Alan.

Paul

**NormanRouxel** · 27-Sep-2006, 10:42 PM

You should store any between page information in cookies. There should be plenty of tutorials on the 'net regarding this.

**paulbeckett** · 28-Sep-2006, 05:29 AM

Great thanks Norman. I am not so concerned about the fact the navigation bar closes between pages (altough it may be a usability enhancement I can make in the future).

The actual desired functionality is to 1) click on a navigation link once - to open a list of links or sub options - then 2) to click on one of the sub options - to open another list of links. At the moment, when I click on the second (2) set of options it closes the navigation bar. Would this require cookies despite the functionality not being between pages?

At the moment my thinking is that I need multiple menuStates?

Paul
KJ Beckett

**NormanRouxel** · 28-Sep-2006, 10:34 AM

No cookies needed. You may need separate state variables for each menu level.

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