Premature Menu Wrapping with WebAssist Menu Tool
by
Brett Bumeter
I have been playing with a Menu creation tool from Web Assist for a month or two now. I initially bought it hoping to find a solution, but rapidly learned that it was not a solution, just a tool, which would require my own genius to figure out a solution.
Since then I have made a good deal of progress learning how to apply the tool to various tasks, but was stumped today on a problem when I realized that the menu tool seems to have a natural limit at about 7 menu items or horizontally about 750 pixels give or take 50 pixels.
I had hoped to create a lengthy menu, with drop down buttons below it, but the 8th menu item wrapped down below the first so the drop down menu displays behind that last menu button.
The problem is with this tool, is that there does not seem to be a setting to expand the dimensions of the menu, or set a contingency for browser windows capable of handling say 800 - 1200 pixels of width.
Now I do realize that I’m dealing with a tool and not a solution, so I have been deep into the css trying to find the point at which this is set, however, since the css is auto configured for me with the tool, I can’t find the point at which this is controlled, as such I’m stuck like a person trying to mount an old fashioned TV to the wall with a plasma tv mount.
It just doesn’t work when you have the wrong tool for the job.
I did find however, that if I change the pixel width of the individual buttons to something smaller (moved it down from 100 pixels down to 80) then the buttons all would fit on the same line.
Now in my particular effort, this worked as the text still fit on buttons of 80 pixels of width, but if the buttons had been larger this could have been a problem.
