JavaScript menus

Commonly seen standard-scripts (and how to spot them)

Older (sometimes even recent) versions of all the common menus are designed to detect Opera and not work because older Opera versions did not support enough DOM. Site owners should upgrade. If the site is important, consider it a OTW issue.

Name/link	How to recognise	Notes
Milonic	Milonic copyright notice in source. Older versions have copyright notice crediting `Andy Woolley`.	Versions >= 3.5.08 O7-compatible
HierMenus	HM_ variables, Peter Belesis copyright notice, loading different scripts for different browsers, `javascript:alert(typeof(HM_DOM))` says "boolean"	We were in touch with author around the release of 7 and he adapted the script to Opera quickly. A few odd and known problems in older versions still being used.
HVMenu (Free)	`javascript:alert(typeof(Opr))` says "number"	Versions>=5.411 O7-compatible
AllWebMenus LITE $35, PRO $59.95	`javascript:alert(typeof(awmMenuPath))` says "string"	Newest versions O7-compatible. Contacted Opera Support for advice when adapting their menu to Opera.
CoolMenus	Coopyright notice: `Copyright (c) 2001 Thomas Brattli (www.dhtmlcentral.com)` (I think older versions may have "bratta.com" instead of dhtmlcentral)	Newer versions compatible.
OpenCube	The commonly used version currently has very scrambled drop-down parts, console error about a variable called "q81" not convertible to Object. Files are dqm_ prefixed and code nearly un-readable. Most recent version on their site works	Computerworld's choice.
UDM	The "Ultimate Dropdown Menu". All script files start with a script version-signature: `//UDMv3.8.4`	All versions compatible. AFAIK a bug in one older version causes text in menus to disappear in O6.
STMenu	Sothink DHTMLMenus (STMenu) - usually no copyright notice, but STM-prefixed variables / files. Special file for Opera 6: stm30op6.js. `javascript:alert(typeof(EnableDMenu))` says number or `javascript:alert(typeof(STMenu ))` says Object	Newest versions O7-compatible.
MTMenu	Morten Wang's treemenu, MTM-prefixed variables and function names, `javascript:alert(typeof(MTMenu))` says "function". Note: often used with frames. `javascript:alert(typeof(top.frames[1].MTMenu))`	Not working in O7. Sourceforge-hosted project. Developer is aware of the problem. Apparently the issue is caused by a bug in Opera.
BrainJar
twinhelix
DynAPI	console error about this.elm.lyrobj for some implementations.	Not exactly a menu - more a DHTML toolkit. Multiple usages and implementations. Hosted at Sourceforge. We have been in touch with developers.
siteexpert
xFX menu		Very responsive and friendly developer. Menu keyboard nav broken by bug in 7.5 previews

Menu detection bookmarklet

MultiMenuDetect

Notes:

some of the common menus (ex. BrainJar) are not detectable yet (because I have not had time to look at their scripts)
if the bookmarklet does not report anything, you have probably found a site with script that makes Opera so paranoid that even bookmarklets throw JavaScript errors. Example: http://www.touran.de/ IMO this is a bug in Opera.
does not always work with framesets. Try maximising the frame that contains the menu.
as it only detects certain variable names and types, it is possible that it will make mistakes if other scripts use similarly named variables, or not recognise what is actually a rewritten version of a known menu.

If a menu which does not work correctly in Opera 7.x is named by this script, it is an outdated version.