Control Panel

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<!--[if gte IE 8]><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en" class="IE IE8 IE6+ IE7+ IE8+ IE8-"><![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7]><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en" class="IE IE7 IE67"><![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 6]><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en" class="IE IE6 IE67"><![endif]-->
<!--[if !IE]>-->
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en" class="W3C">
<!--<![endif]-->
    <head>
        <script type="text/javascript">var hsST=new Date().getTime();</script>
        <title>Find Real Estate Listings, School and Neighborhood Information and More - Realtor.com&reg; </title>
        <meta name="keywords" content="real estate listings, real estate listing, homes for sale, home for sale, property, properties, school information, neighborhood information, stats, facts, realtors, realtor" />
        <meta name="description" content="Get real estate listings, school and neighborhood information, and other important facts and stats you need to know before you move. It's all at Realtor.com." />
        <link type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico" rel="icon" />
        <link type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" />
        
        <!-- Inheriting Default Styles -->
        <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='http://qap.static.move.com/lib/rdx/6.0.03/common.css' />
        <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://qap.static.move.com/lib/rdx/6.0.03//homepage.css" />

        <!-- Setting Control Panel Styles -->
        <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="css/controlpanel.css" />
        <meta name="server" content="QAZ02HTP110" />
    </head>
    <body id="ctl00_Body" class="rdc-skin yui-skin-sam tmpl_HomePage">
        <div class="pageWrap">
            <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://qap.static.move.com/lib/cb/1_0_24/redux.css">
            <div id="cb_header">
                <div...

CSS

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 11/12/10
Author: Eric Ritchey <[email protected]>
Title: Control Panel Styles
Description: Creating a new dropdown interface for all Control Panel

Versions:
1.0  11/12/10  Initial Development

-------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/*
#mainColumn #pageContent .pageWrap {
    box-shadow:         0 0 0 #fff;
    -moz-box-shadow:    0 0 0 #fff;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 0 #fff;
}
*/
#controlPanel {
    min-height: 55px;
    font-size: 120%;

    background-color: #d9e7f2;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #73a5ca;

    box-shadow:         0px 0px 5px 2px #99b3c7;
    -moz-box-shadow:    0px 0px 5px 2px #99b3c7;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px 2px #99b3c7;
}
#controlPanel a.icon {
    font-weight: bold;
}
#controlPanel li {
    position: relative;
    min-width: 75px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0 10px;
    float: left;
    text-align: center;
    border-right: 1px dotted #73a5ca;
}
#controlPanel li li {
    min-width: 0;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    float: none;
    text-align: left;
    border-right: 0;
}
#controlPanel li li,
#controlPanel li li p { font-weight: normal; }
#controlPanel li.floatRight {
    float: right;
    border-right: 0;
    border-left: 1px dotted #73a5ca;
}
#controlPanel li.selected,
#controlPanel li.previous { border-right: 1px solid #73a5ca; }
#controlPanel li.selected { background-color: #fff; }
#controlPanel li a,
#controlPanel li.selected .menu { display: block; }
#controlPanel li a {
    width: 100%;
    height: 25px;
    padding-top: 30px;
}
#controlPanel li li a {
    height: auto;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}
#controlPanel .menu {
    min-width: 210px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 55px;
    left: -60px;
    padding: 15px 20px;
    z-index: 200;
    display: none;
    
    text-align: left;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    background: #fff;
    
    box-shadow:         0px 8px 17px #666;
    -moz-box-shadow: ...

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#controlPanel a.icon').click(function(){
        
        // -- hide previous control panel menus
        $('#controlPanel li').removeClass('selected');
        $('#controlPanel li').removeClass('previous');
        
        // -- show current control panel menu
        $(this).parent().addClass('selected');
        $(this).parent().prev().addClass('previous');
        
        // prevent the dashboard click to take the user there.
        // But we still want to add a proper URL (even if it's 
        // just an anchor to somewhere else in the page), because
        // we don't want to count on Javascript being enabled.
        return false;
    });
});