BasicToc2 Configuration

basicTOC2 is a simple Table of Contents JavaTM applet. One-level folders and mouseover effects are supported. The content lines can be either image strips or plain text. Content items can be unequal heights. The applet supports both frames-based and no-frames based navigation. The applet reads data from the applet tag.

Usage

  1. Text-only version

    • The example in the left frame of this page shows the text-only version of the applet. The value of the applet param isIMAGESTRIP is set to "no". The data for this example is read from the value of the applet param TOCDATA.
    • Single-click on the folder to open/close.
    • Single-click on the document link to load the doc in the specified frame. Each content line can have independent target frame and is specified in the TOCDATA param.
    • Mousever action is supported by specifying different values for the params TEXTCOLOR and HIGHLIGHTCOLOR. Font properties are specified via the params FONT1 and FONT2.
    • A background image can also be optionally specified for the text-only version of the applet as shown here .
    • Long content items that can span two lines are also supported. Here is an example. The data for this example is here.
    • The applet can also be used for no-frames based navigation. Here is an example.

  2. Image-Strip version

    • The next example shows the applet using image strips for the content lines. Each content line is represented by a pair of image strips for mouseover action. The value of the applet param isIMAGESTRIP is set to "yes". The applet param TOCDATA for this example is shown here.
    • Here is an example of the applet displaying image strips of unequal heights. The height of each image is specified in the ITEMHEIGHT param.
    • Here is an example of the image strip version of the applet being used in no-frames based navigation.

Download

This applet does not have any limit to the number of content lines. You are welcome to use basicTOC at your site. Here is the zip file :
basictoc2.zip (50K). After unzipping point the browser at basictoc2home.html.

TOCDATA format when isIMAGESTRIP=yes

Each content line data consists of five fields separated by a semicolon.

  1. The first field (1 or 2), "head" when 1 "tail" when 2.
  2. The second field is the image for the content line.
  3. The third field is the alternate image for the same content line.
  4. The fourth field is the targetframe name. This can be either "_top", "_blank", "_parent", "_self" or any user-defined name. This field must be 0 when the content line is a head with one or more tails.
  5. The fifth field is the URL for the target document. This can be either relative or fully qualified URL. This field must be 0 when the content line is a head with one or more tails.
One content line data is separated from the other by the character '|'. The height of each image strip is specified in the applet param ITEMHEIGHT. If all strips are of same height (say, 25) then specify ITEMHEIGHT="25". If the strips are of unequal heights then specify ITEMHEIGHT="40|25|35" where the order follows the order of the content lines in the TOCDATA param.

TOCDATA format when isIMAGESTRIP=no

Each content line data consists of four fields separated by a semicolon.

  1. The first field (1 or 2), "head" when 1 "tail" when 2.
  2. The second field is the content line string. If the content needs to span two lines provide a comma.
  3. The third field is the targetframe name. This can be either "_top", "_blank", "_parent", "_self" or any user-defined name. This field must be 0 when the content line is a head with one or more tails.
  4. The fourth field is the URL for the target document. This can be either relative or fully qualified URL. This field must be 0 when the content line is a head with one or more tails.
One content line data is separated from the other by the character '|'.

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