inline menu thingy

answering question on stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13725728/multiple-inline-dropdown-menus-using-css-jquery

by cgspicer

HTML

<div id="somecontent"><span class="sort" href="#" data-sort-for="pop">Click for Strategies</span></div>
<div id="pop">
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq1-1" >DQ1-1: Providing Clear Learning Goals and Scales (Rubrics)</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq1-2">DQ1-2: Tracking Student Progress</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq1-3">DQ1-3: Celebrating Success</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq6-4">DQ6-4: Establishing Classroom Routines</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq6-5">DQ6-5: Organizing the Physical Layout of the Classroom</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq2-6">DQ2-6: Identifying Critical Information</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq2-7">DQ2-7: Organizing Students to Interact with New Knowledge</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq2-8">DQ2-8: Previewing New Content</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq2-9">DQ2-9: Chunking Content into "Digestible Bites"</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq2-10">DQ2-10: Processing of New Information</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq2-11">DQ2-11: Elaborating on New Information</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq2-12">DQ2-12: Recording and Representing Knowledge</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq2-13">DQ2-13: Reflecting on Learning</div>
</div>
<div id="someothercontent"><span class="sort" href="#" data-sort-for="popTwo">Click for Strategies</span></div>
<div id="popTwo">
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq1-1" >DQ1-1: Providing Clear Learning Goals and Scales (Rubrics)</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq1-2">DQ1-2: Tracking Student Progress</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq1-3">DQ1-3: Celebrating Success</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq6-4">DQ6-4: Establishing Classroom Routines</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq6-5">DQ6-5: Organizing the Physical Layout of the Classroom</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq2-6">DQ2-6: Identifying Critical Information</div>
    <div class="link" data-sort="dq2-7">DQ2-7: Organizing Students...

CSS

#sort{
 color: black;
 border-bottom: 1px dotted blue;  
}

#pop2{
 color: #444;   
 width: 205px;
 border: 1px solid #ccc;
 padding: 5px;
 display: none;
 position: absolute;
line-height:140%;
background:#FFFFFF;
}

.link:hover {
 color: red;
 cursor: pointer;
}

JavaScript

makeDropdown( '#pop' );
makeDropdown( '#popTwo' );
function makeDropdown( menu ) {
    var $menu = $( menu );
    var sorter = 'span.sort[data-sort-for='+ $menu.attr('id') +']';
    $( sorter ).click(function(e) {
        $menu.css({
            "left": e.offsetX + "px",
            "top": e.offSetY + "px"
        }).show();
    });
        
    $( menu + ' .link' ).click(function(e) {
        var ele = $(this);
        var sortKey = ele.attr('data-sort'); // save it somewhere
        $( sorter ).html( ele.html() );
        $menu.hide();
    });
}