Collapsible Lists Options

[Cathy D]

My first post!

I'm building a site for a client, and the spec is not to use any Flash or scripting. But they would like a collapsible menu - where a user clicks on a title, and a sub-list of menu items appears below. Another click on the title and that sub-list disappears.

I know it's possible to produce a pop-up sub-list on hover using css ul:hover - but what about producing the sub-list on click, and leaving the sub-list there until the next click? Is there some really really clever way of doing this, without using javascript or any form of scripting...?

[Darin McGrew]

CSS can't respond to selecting links the way you want.

Without JavaScript, you'll need to use normal links: Following a menu link takes you to a new page that has the selected menu open, but is otherwise the same as the first.

Personally, I'd just link to a navigation page, rather than try to put a fancy menu on every page on the site.

[Cathy D]

CSS can't respond to selecting links the way you want.

Without JavaScript, you'll need to use normal links: Following a menu link takes you to a new page that has the selected menu open, but is otherwise the same as the first.

Personally, I'd just link to a navigation page, rather than try to put a fancy menu on every page on the site.

Many thanks for that - off now to investigate which of the alternatives is best!