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Filed Under (Javascript) by Jason on 23-10-2006

If you happen to work with a designer that uses DreamWeaver, you’ve probably seen mm_menu.js. It the “engine” file that DreamWeaver includes to make dropdown menus work. One obnoxious thing about this file is that the mouse cursor for FireFox still looks like an I bar instead of the normal hand/pointer icon.

If you’re like me, you have absolutely zero interest in debugging this javascript or any of the machine generated garbage that comes with it. Today is your lucky day because attached to this post is a replacement for mm_menu.js that you can just swap out with the old one and ba-da-bing, FireFox shows the cursor correctly. I read about this somewhere which gave me the idea and probably some of the code too. Unfortunately I forget where that is so I can’t link to the reference source. Anyway, if you care, do a diff on files if you want to see the difference, which is very minor.

Download mm_menu.js Patched for FireFox

 

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6 Comments posted on "mm_menu.js and the FireFox Mouse Cursor"
ravenmage on November 28th, 2006 at 2:31 am #

Hey thanks for providing this update to the .js file. I just finished a site where I had to use DW’s built-in pop up menus and appreciate being able to see a hand cursor instead of an I-beam in Firefox.


Erin on May 18th, 2007 at 2:36 pm #

Oh my gosh, this *is* my lucky day! Thanks a million for this file — that could have been an endless headache. Much appreciated!


Derek on January 19th, 2008 at 8:29 am #

I picked up a new web client and when I transerred their website to my go daddy account their mm_menu.js stopped working - I have litterally spent hours and hours trying to fix it - I ran across this tutorial and tried uploading your modified mm_menu.js - it fixed the problem - call it dumb luck - but now I may have some hair left


telsiz on March 31st, 2008 at 7:00 am #

thanks for your help bıt this .js have’nt solved my problem yet.it is going to make me mad :D


coliq on April 27th, 2008 at 4:24 am #

May be u also update with mm_menu patch for IE7.

check this out:
http://www.radiantcore.com/blog/archives/16/02/2007/ie7mmmenu


greensweater on June 7th, 2008 at 10:34 am #

I had problems with godaddy as well and this patch works perfectly. Also works in IE7. Thank you!!


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