Cascading menus for remote popping

摘要

A pop reader of a browser searches HTML code for a webpage with a plurality of links for a first link specified with a first target file name comprising a pop type element. The pop reader, responsive to detecting the first link specified with the first target file name comprising the pop type element, inserts a first command into the HTML code to disable the first link and set an event to pop up a first menu layer of a plurality of layers of a cascading menu and inserts a second command to specify the content of the first menu layer from a file accessed for the first target file name. The browser, responsive to detecting the event, displays the first menu layer with the specified content by the second command within the interface displaying the webpage.

主权项

1. A method for displaying an HTML based cascading menu, the method comprising:
a computer system searching HTML code for a webpage with a plurality of links for a first link specified with a first target file name comprising a pop type element; the computer system, responsive to detecting the first link specified with the first target file name comprising the pop type element, inserting a first command into the HTML code to disable the first link and set an event to pop up a first menu layer of a plurality of layers of a cascading menu and inserting a second command into the HTML code to specify the content of the first menu layer from a file accessed for the first target file name; and the computer system, responsive to detecting the event, triggering a browser to display the first menu layer with the specified content by the second command within an interface displaying the webpage.