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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2008-04-05April 05, 2008

corrected some typos, removed some leaked globals. Code is much more jslint-friendly now
NO_INSTANCES macro flag was removed (coolcore.js does not contain related functionality anymore)

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4m development version 2007-10-01October 01, 2007

Lots of refactoring. Events are now bound to root layer only.

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COOLjsCore 2007-09-25September 25, 2007

"Instances" module was removed. _EventManager is way simplier now; it should be replaced by _Signal-like class. Some linting.

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4m development version 2007-09-22September 22, 2007

EOL symbols were changed to Unix-style. Spare #define removed. Also removed watermark-related code
header of the file was refreshed
typo: wrong filename in inclusion

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4m development version 2007-09-16September 16, 2007

_Level and _DummyLevel prepared for closures
_Theme and _Layer refactoring
_Item: some closures applied

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4m development version 2007-09-10September 10, 2007

whole code is wrapped into anonymous function. Leaking globals are minimized
global _bw object was dissolved into set of global variables (similar to cooltree.js: _MAC, _GECKO, etc.)

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4m development version 2007-09-09September 09, 2007

_maxSize, _copyPoint, and _addPoint were dissolved
_callMethods was replaced with more generic _walk

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4m development version 2007-09-03September 03, 2007

_nop removed (using one from coolcore.js)
_copyObject does not use hack anymore

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4m development version 2007-08-27August 27, 2007

_Item and _RootItem now use different inheritance model
class _Item prepared for adding closures
some refactoring of _LowLevelLayer class

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COOLjsCore 2007-08-21August 21, 2007

some core reformatting, some refactoring
corrected some typos, removed some leaked globals. Code is much more jslint-friendly now

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COOLjsCore 2007-08-19August 19, 2007

typo in CPP-instruction
header of the file was refreshed. New function - _nop (just an empty one)

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-08-16August 16, 2007

Removed code related to watermark. Removed unneeded code related to RTL-support. Removed unused property _Node::_x.

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-08-14August 14, 2007

UL stays intact after parsing process is complete.

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-08-11August 11, 2007

Code responsible for UL parsing was moved to _Behavior::preprocessNodes.

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-08-08August 08, 2007

when UL is used as input, every node gets {format:{ ul:..., li:... }}, where ul and li fields hold references to original HTML elements (ul might be null if node has no children)
when copying node's format, depth is 1 (was unlimited)

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-08-05August 05, 2007

instead of TREE_NODES one can pass ID of UL element which will be used as source of nodes
small bug with URL handling was fixed

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-08-03August 03, 2007

built-in persistent state handling routines now do not use node indices
raw nodes are parsed/created on demand, i.e. huge performance boost

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-08-01August 01, 2007

Raw nodes get smarter: methods, properties... Actually they are enhanced arrays from TREE_NODES.

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-07-29July 29, 2007

API for persistent state handling was changed a bit (look at _Behavior::saveState/restoreState) - it is much clearer now
some minor bugs and typos were fixed

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-07-28July 28, 2007

most of presentation related code was moved to _Presentation class. CSS callbacks now can be set as tree.presentation.cssCallbacks.caption = ..., and previously default CSS handling now bound as a callback for caption
most of behavior related code was moved to _Behavior class. Event handlers now can be set like this: tree.behavior.icon.onclick = ...

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-07-26July 26, 2007

signal stateChanged was removed: we don't need it to save state since we can grab onunload
layers' detachment (for dynamic API) is performed immediately; side effects may occur

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-07-25July 25, 2007

node's public properties and methods are grouped into ifndef NOAPI/endif construct
some refactoring, some bugs

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-07-24July 24, 2007

new class _Signal() - simple implementation of "Observer pattern". These signals were added: _Tree::initialized, _Tree::stateChanged, _unload
_Tree's private variable _format was unrolled to set of private variables and properties

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-07-23July 23, 2007

non-dynamic mode now also uses layers for children, i.e. more dynamic-oriented code is compatible with static mode
exceeding nodes will be fixed even in static mode (i.e. if browser supports innerHTML, then normal text-wrapping is supported also)
some refactoring

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-07-22July 22, 2007

_Tree::getState and setState were removed
new method _Node::expand(flag): expands node and (if flag is true) it's ancestors
some refactoring

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-07-21July 21, 2007

removed unneeded argument in _nodeWrapper templte
removed all _VER3-related code

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COOLjsOutlookBar 1.2.3 development version 2007-07-20July 20, 2007

Source code cleanup: header of the file was refreshed; whitespace and EOL symbols normalized.

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-07-19July 19, 2007

header of the file was refreshed
some unneeded variables, properties, and methods were removed
'image' element was renamed to 'icon' (affects event handler binding API)

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-07-18July 18, 2007

Some unused features of coolcore.js are excluded now; some minor refactoring + linting.

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-07-17July 17, 2007

Events are now handled in a more centralized way (no need to attach dozens of event handlers to every node; shorter HTML). Minor refactoring.

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-07-14July 14, 2007

Typos, refactoring, unneeded properties and methods.

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COOLjsCore 2007-07-13July 13, 2007

Some linting - "===" instead of "=="; new predicate _isString; _isObject returns false for nulls; some features can be conditionally excluded (saves 1.6Kb for tree with COMPRESSED option).

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-07-09July 09, 2007

better variable names
some methods were unrolled
fewer public methods, fewer properties, more closures

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-06-30June 30, 2007

more closures, less properties
more public methods were converted to private ones
some methods moved around
some variables/properties got better names

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-06-24June 24, 2007

some unused variables, properties, and methods were removed
generated IDs for layers are unified now
many properties were converted to closures
many methods are private now
some methods were moved between contexts (e.g. events are handled by nodes now)
major reformatting

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-06-21June 21, 2007

_Tree gets it's methods during construction
_Back was "dissolved" in _Tree
some other minor things

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-06-19June 19, 2007

Method _Node.prototype._setVisibility was converted to function _setLayerVisibility.

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-06-12June 12, 2007

Many _Node's properties were converted to closures. Lots of reformatting.

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COOLjsCore 2007-06-03June 03, 2007

_LargeString::_prepend method was imported from cooltree.js. Also, whitespace and EOL symbols changed.

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-05-30May 30, 2007

_Tree._Node was renamed to _Node
fourth argument for _Tree._Node was removed (_hasPrevious; wasn't actually used)
_Node's methods get bound within constructor - we're ready to use closures

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-05-25May 25, 2007

Refactoring: _Tree.prototype._getElement method (+ all related code) was transformed to _getElement function.

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7e development version 2007-05-18May 18, 2007

_Tree._BrowserDetector was "decompiled" into set of variables like _IE6, _GECKO, etc.
local _LargeString class was removed; now using one from coolcore.js
new functions _moveLayerTo and _resizeLayer (implementations depend on browser; no more _Tree.prototype._px)
implementation _Tree._Node.prototype._updateDimensions depends on browser in a smoother way
_Tree._Back was renamed to _Back; args are clearer now; many properties were reimplemented as closures

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7eMay 15, 2007

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.8.7e:

New features:

CSS callbacks introduced: one can set custom functions to define custom dynamic CSS classes for different parts of node
new node method: getLevel

Internals:

some refactoring

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4mMay 13, 2007

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.9.4m:

Internals:

minor fix for KHTML/Gecko bug

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4lMay 13, 2007

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.9.4l:

New features:

support for "current" items: new onverloadable method isCurrent and new conditional properties ifCurrent/ifIndirectlyCurrent

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4kMay 03, 2007

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.9.4k:

New features:

new onverloadable method: onbeforenavigate

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7dApril 29, 2007

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.8.7d:

New features:

new static methods that allow to create and destory trees dynamically: create and destory

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7cApril 24, 2007

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.8.7c:

New features:

new overloadable methods, very useful for custom state persistence implementations: saveState and restoreState

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4jApril 20, 2007

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.9.4j:

Internals:

some more changes in create/destroy internal logic

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4iApril 17, 2007

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.9.4i:

Internals:

some changes in create/destroy internal logic

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4hApril 15, 2007

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.9.4h:

Internals:

textual changes in the header
some unneeded code removed

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COOLjsOutlookBar 1.2.3April 11, 2007

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.2.3:

better mouse wheel handling: Safari and Opera are supported now

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4gApril 11, 2007

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.9.4g:

Internals:

minor bugfix

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7bApril 09, 2007

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.8.7b:

New features:

support for loading and parsing XML
node's property "xml" may contain URL of XML file which will be loaded upon expansion

Internals:

even more compatibility with third-party scripts

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4fApril 06, 2007

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.9.4f:

Internals:

minor bug with autosizing

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4eFebruary 22, 2007

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.9.4e:

New features:

new option hideNormalOnRollover; helps with some non-trivial designs

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4dFebruary 12, 2007

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.9.4d:

Internals:

refactoring
minor bugs in leveloff logic

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4cFebruary 09, 2007

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.9.4c:

Internals:

popups now can be called in lazy mode (i.e. no re-appear)
generally better popup mode handling

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7aFebruary 04, 2007

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.8.7a:

Internals:

minor refactoring
minor bugfix

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4bFebruary 04, 2007

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.9.4b:

New features:

new static methods: create and destory

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4aJanuary 24, 2007

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.9.4a:

Internals:

tiny refactoring

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.4January 18, 2007

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.9.4:

Internals:

some bugfixes

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COOLjsTree 2.8.7December 27, 2006

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.8.7:

New features:

new state persistence mode: tree will store IDs of expanded nodes (really useful for dynamically generated trees)

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Standard editions are FREE!December 20, 2006

We're happy to announce that Standard editions of all our scripts — COOLjsTree, COOLjsMenu, and COOLjsOutlookBar — are completely free since today. You can use any number of copies in any applications, including commercial ones. No hidden fees, no watermarks, no ads.

COOLjsMenu 2.9.3December 11, 2006

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.9.3:

New features:

new custom events 'deactivate' and 'dismiss'

Internals:

minor refactoring

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.2November 17, 2006

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.9.2:

Internals:

bugfix for https: protocol

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COOLjsMenu 2.9.0October 27, 2006

New version of COOLjsMenu has been released!

Improvements:

general performance
compatibility
new cross-frame mode
many new graphically rich samples
IE 7.0 support

API changes:

many new configurations options — please refer to docs

COOLjsTree 2.8.6October 26, 2006

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.8.6:

Internals:

more compatibility with third-party scripts (Object.prototype now can be safely overloaded)

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COOLjsOutlookBar 1.2.2October 01, 2006

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.2.2:

some IE7 compatibility issues resolved

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COOLjsMenu 2.6.5September 27, 2006

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.6.5:

Internals:

minor refactoring
bugfixes in scroll position detection

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COOLjsMenu 2.6.4August 02, 2006

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.6.4:

Internals:

minor bug in cross-frame code under Opera

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COOLjsOutlookBar 1.2.1June 30, 2006

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.2.1:

minor bug in window size calculations fixed

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COOLjsTree 2.8.5June 29, 2006

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.8.5:

New features:

"noCookie" node attribute prevents disables state persistence for any node and its children

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COOLjsMenu 2.6.3June 21, 2006

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.6.3:

Internals:

code is JSLint-friendly now

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COOLjsOutlookBar 1.2.0June 16, 2006

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.2.0:

compatibility with Internet Explorer 7.0 beta 2

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COOLjsMenu 2.6.2June 10, 2006

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.6.2:

Internals:

refactoring

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COOLjsMenu 2.6.1June 08, 2006

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.6.1:

Internals:

now all menus are exclusive by default
minor bugfixes related to autosizing

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COOLjsMenu 2.6.0June 07, 2006

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.6.0:

Internals:

refactoring and code cleanup

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COOLjsMenu 2.5.9June 02, 2006

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.5.9:

Internals:

refactoring
better support for cross-frame scenario

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COOLjsMenu 2.5.8June 02, 2006

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.5.8:

Internals:

refactoring

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COOLjsMenu 2.5.7June 01, 2006

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.5.7:

New features:

simple event manager: addEventListener and removeEventListener

Internals:

refactoring and code cleanup

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COOLjsMenu 2.5.6May 29, 2006

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.5.6:

Internals:

refactoring

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COOLjsMenu 2.5.5May 25, 2006

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.5.5:

New features:

new configuration properties: imagePrefix and urlPrefix

Internals:

refactoring

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COOLjsMenu 2.5.4May 18, 2006

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.5.4:

Internals:

bugfixes related to IE's filters
bugfixes related to old Gecko's bugs
some nice refactoring

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COOLjsMenu 2.5.3May 16, 2006

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.5.3:

Internals:

some refactoring
more compatibility with third party scripts

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COOLjsTree 2.8.4May 13, 2006

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.8.4:

Bug fixes:

drammatically decreased number of global definitions (better compatibility with other scripts)

Internals:

massive refactoring (we're moving towards new templating model)

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COOLjsMenu 2.5.2May 13, 2006

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.5.2:

Internals:

substantial refactoring
bugfixes related to scroll position detection

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree 2.8.3May 12, 2006

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.8.3:

Improvements:

noticable performance increase (up to 200%)
custom event handlers now receive event object as second argument

Bug fixes:

recreate() now works correctly with the root node
memory leak in deleteNode()
null value instead of path to image was causing crush
sometimes wrong button/folder image was displayed (Free and Standard editions)

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree 2.8.1May 11, 2006

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.8.1:

Bug fixes:

fixed minor incompatibility with IE 7 beta 2

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COOLjsTree 2.8.0May 01, 2006

New version of COOLjsTree released! Previous release was 2.7.5.

Improvements:

dynamic operations took much less time now

Bug fixes:

under some circumstances event handlers were lost
some nodes were unexpectedly hidden, and some where "ghostified" when new nodes were added dynamically
individual node format instruction expanded:true was not compatible with "save state in cookies" mode
individual node format instruction isFolder:true was not compatible with "single branch mode" mode

API changes:

addNode now returns minor index of newly created node

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.9April 28, 2006

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.9:

zero-height bug fixed
minor problems in free edition fixed

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.5.1April 22, 2006

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.5.1:

New features:

more delay control

Internals:

some refactoring
more compatibility with third party scripts

Note: this is not a release version.

NewsFebruary 14, 2006

Oracle now uses COOLjsTree PRO as left collapsible menu on their website.

http://www.oracle.com/database/index.html

COOLjsTree 2.7.5December 15, 2005

New version of COOLjsTree released!

Bug fixes:

image preloadng issue for Firefox 1.5
nodeByID now works after addNode

COOLjsMenu 2.5.0November 06, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.5.0:

Internals:

some refactoring
some more compatibility with older versions

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.7August 08, 2005

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.7:

tooltips and status bar messages are now supported ("alt" and "status" attributes for items and panels)

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.4.9August 04, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.4.9:

Internals:

minor bugfixes

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree 2.7.0July 23, 2005

New version of COOLjsTree released! Previous release was 2.6.0.

Improvements:

greatly decreased memory consumption
improved performance
dynamic trees are more stable now because of minor bugfixes
expandAll() and collapseAll() now can take optional argument — the node who's children must be collapsed/expanded
node's methods getChild() and getNumberOfChildren() are public now
nodes now can have individual event handlers ({format:{caption_onclick:myHandlerFunc}})

Bug fixes:

minor bug in handling routines for individual images
minor bug fixed: individual node format specifications under rare circumstances were causing a garbled look/feel
Opera 8 was recognized as older Opera 5/6
improper size was calculated for the background layer
Mozilla didn't recognize RegExp in "nodeBy" methods
under certain circumstances children were still visible when parent collapses
two minor incompatibilities with IE 5.x for Mac
support for non-dynamic browsers (mostly Opera 5-6) is back again
minor incompatibility with Mozila 0.9.4 was fixed
node's property "expanded" is back again

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.6July 14, 2005

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.6:

minor bug with scrolling fixed

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.5July 13, 2005

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.5:

state priorities were changed to match more natural order
activatePrevious() and activateNext() now traverse through panels also
substential performance improvement

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree 2.6.9July 12, 2005

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.6.9:

expandAll() and collapseAll() now can take optional argument - the node who's children must be collapsed/expanded
two minor incompatibilities with IE 5.x for Mac were fixed

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree 2.6.8July 10, 2005

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.6.8:

minor bug fixed: dynamic trees are more stable now
minor bug fixed: under certain circumstances children stay visible when parent collapses
node's method getNumberOfChildren() is public now

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.4.8July 05, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.4.8:

Internals:

more compatibility with IE 5.x for Mac

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.4July 04, 2005

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.4:

minor bugs fixed

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.3July 04, 2005

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.3:

new state visualization handling model: four states (and any combination of them) are now supported - visited, current, clicked, rollovered
new methods: activatePrevious(), activateNext()

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.4.7July 03, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.4.7:

Internals:

some more compatibility with older versions (including mEvent)

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.4.6June 29, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.4.6:

Internals:

minor bugfixes in autosizing related code

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.4.5May 19, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.4.5:

New features:

user now can use arrow keys for navigation
new global function CMenuPopDown

Internals:

popups are exclusive now
some refactoring

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree 2.6.7May 18, 2005

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.6.7:

minor bug fixed - Mozilla didn't recognize RegExp in "nodeBy" methods
nodes now can have individual event handlers ({format:{caption_onclick:myHandlerFunc}})
now tree does not create children one-by-one; instead it creates all children of particular node in a single operation
node's method getChild() is now public

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.4.4May 11, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.4.4:

Internals:

minor refactoring

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.4.3May 10, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.4.3:

minor bug: Opera 8 was recognized as old version
noticable performance improvements
rewritten event handling code: late handler binding, bugfixes
support for inline form elements — "hasControls" boolean field (Professional only)
new item's method getData() — returns item's definition

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.4.2May 08, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.4.2:

IE 5.x for Mac works again now
minor bug fixed: initialization could fail if "new COOLjsMenuPRO(...)" is placed within <head>

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.2May 06, 2005

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.2:

minor bug in state restoration routine fixed

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree 2.6.6May 05, 2005

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.6.6:

greatly decreased memory consumption
slightly improved performance

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.1May 04, 2005

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.1:

added possibility to have all panels initially collapsed

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree 2.6.5April 30, 2005

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.6.5:

minor bug fixed: Opera 8 was recognized as older Opera 5/6
improper size was calculated for the background layer

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree 2.6.4April 28, 2005

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.6.4:

minor bug fixed: individual node format specifications under rare circumstances were causing a garbled look/feel

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.4.1April 20, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.4.1:

new global attribute — "autosize"

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.4.0April 12, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.4.0:

minor optimizations
fixed small bug in transition control code

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.3.9April 05, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.3.9:

new "zIndex" attribute; controls global zIndex of the menu (default value is 1000)
fixed minor bug: wrong size/position of root layer
fixed minor bug: unwanted popups while clicking menu items (only with compressed versions of the script)

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.3.8March 24, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.3.8:

fixed minor bug in handling highlighed item

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.3.7March 23, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.3.7:

some more optimizations; performance was increased by another 20-40% (Internet Explorer only)
menu items now can be sized relatively to document size, i.e. width can be 25% of <body>'s width
general code cleanup

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.3.6March 16, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.3.6:

some optimizations; performance was increased by 20-40%

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.3.5March 15, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.3.5:

"static" attribute was renamed to "dynamic", and it's sematincs are reversed; default value is "false"
filters and transitions now work in both dynamic and static mode

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.3.4March 06, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.3.4:

dynamics now can be turned off by setting global attribute "static" to false
minor code optimizations (total size of the code reduced a bit)

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.3.3March 05, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.3.3:

internal milestone (final merge of Standard and Professional)

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree 2.6.3March 03, 2005

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.6.3:

API: node's property "expanded" is back again

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree 2.6.2February 19, 2005

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.6.2:

minor code revision

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree 2.6.1February 15, 2005

What's new in COOLjsTree 2.6.1:

minor bug in handling routines for individual images (Professional only)

Note: this is not a release version.

Tree codebase mergeFebruary 13, 2005

Today we've merged codebase of Standard and Professional editons of COOLjsTree, and now current version number is 2.6.0 for both of them (previous verions were: COOLjsTree Standard 1.4.0 and COOLjsTree Professional 2.3.1). Since this moment "new version of COOLjsTree" means "new version of every COOLjsTree edition".

Because of codebase merge new version of COOLjsTree Standard has been released - 2.6.0:

Major improvements

complete code rewrite (codebase was merged with Professional version)
performance increase: tree can handle thousands of nodes now
redraw code optimizations

Minor improvements

revised API
nodeByName, nodeByID, and nodeByURL methods now can use RegExp as input

Fixed bugs

generated HTML code cleanup (it is more XML'ish now)
onload event handler inpolite capture
workaround for Internet Explorer's "Disappearing Images Bug"

COOLjsTree Pro 2.6.0February 08, 2005

New version of COOLjsTree Professional released! Previous release was 2.3.1.

Major improvements

complete code rewrite (new 'backbone' model)
performance increase: tree can handle thousands of nodes now
redraw code optimizations
customizable event handlers for icons, buttons, and captions
text wrapping (including explorer-like mode)
dynamic API: setCaption, setUrl, setTarget, addNode, deleteNode

Minor improvements

level-specific CSS classes for selected/opened node
revised API
childless folder
nodeByName, nodeByID, and nodeByURL methods now can use RegExp as input

Fixed bugs

generated HTML code cleanup (it is more XML'ish now)
onload event handler inpolite capture
workaround for Internet Explorer's "Disappearing Images Bug"
old Opera browsers had problems with initial rectangle
"cookies" feature minor bugs

COOLjsTree Pro 2.5.9February 03, 2005

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.5.9:

minor bug in addNode() method fixed
minor bug in CSS handling routines fixed
recreate() method restored

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.5.8February 01, 2005

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.5.8:

'missingImagesFix' is obsolete now

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.5.7January 31, 2005

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.5.7:

minor bug in absolute positioning mode

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.3.2January 18, 2005

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.3.2:

minor bug with "orientation" attribute: previously it did not control "leveloff"
item's "data" property is available to programmers now

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsBuilder 1.1.0.100January 13, 2005

What's new in COOLjsBuilder 1.1.0.100

COOLjsOutlookBar support
improved documentation
integration wizard
few issues fixed

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.0January 06, 2005

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.1.0:

minor improvements
internal code changes (it uses standard C preprocessor now)

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.5.6December 28, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.5.6:

minor bug in CSS class handling routine fixed

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.3.1December 16, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.3.1:

first steps to special 'DEBUG-enabled' edition
minor refactoring

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu 2.3.0December 16, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu 2.3.0:

script source now uses C preprocessor
multiple transitions are supported now

Note: this is not a release version.

Menu codebase mergeDecember 15, 2004

Codebase of Standard and Professional editons of COOLjsMenu is shared now. Since this moment "new version of COOLjsMenu" means "new version of every COOLjsMenu edition".

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.2.9December 06, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.2.9:

NN 4.x support revised
'G' visibility flag (Gecko-based browsers; allows conditional usage of PNG's with alpha-channel)

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.2.8December 05, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.2.8:

'align', 'valign', 'margin' layer meta-properties
'spacing', 'orientation' level meta-properties
'layers' is now divided into 'levelLayers' and 'itemLayers' (inheritance is independent)

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.2.7December 04, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.2.7:

smarter defaults
level transitions (IE only)
'N' and 'O' layer visibility flags
expressions' model was updated again

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.2.6December 03, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.2.6:

sticky levels
refactoring

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.2.5December 02, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.2.5:

substential refactoring
performance improvements
compatibility layer is back again
level wrap points
new expression definition model (more flexible, faster, and, alas, less readable)

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.2.4November 29, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.2.4:

frames support rewritten
status bar text is back again (somehow it was broken)
per-layer filtering (IE only, of course)

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.2.3November 28, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.2.3:

popup mode improvements

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.2.2November 27, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.2.2:

menu name is now optional (can be set to null)
new top-level function - CLoadNotify(): it can be optionally called at the end of HTML file speed up load process; "show()" is now obsolete
new parameter "placeholder": how much space menu should reserve (relative positioning mode only)
dynamics: Netscape Navigator 4.x is supported now
new layer type: image

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.2.1November 26, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.2.1:

selected (current, last clicked) item support
Internet Explorer's visual transitions can be applied to levels
styles can be inherited
layers now can get options from menu data (i.e. custom per-item option 'borderColor' or 'backgroundImage' can be added and then used within layer definition)

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.2.0November 25, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.2.0:

layers are represented as DHTML mini-objects (no conditions like "if (ns4) ..." - improved performance)
new custom event handlers now can be added
even more flexible layout model: items can contain any number of levels configured separately
compatibility layer for older configuration files added

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.1.9November 24, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.1.9:

major code rewrite
much more robust dynamics
new item's flexible layout model, and new configuration fields: codeAlignment, arrowAlignment, imageAlignment
because of new model - truly automatic size calculations
onfocus() and onblur() events: item highlighing follows Tab key
more control over shadow
relative level positioning: instead of fixed offsets like 'leveloff:[10,40]', it is possible to specify 'leveloff:"right 1parent,right 10px,down 20px"'
CSS class for the 'trigger' layer (mostly for 'cursor:default;')
in every place where CSS class is expected, inline CSS style also can be specified
formatting options now can be placed with styles - this allows to divide content and representation

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.5.5November 23, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.5.5:

new redraw optimizations
state store/restore is back again

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.5.4November 22, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.5.4:

text wrapping in explorer-like mode (finally!!!)
substential code rewrite (new 'backbone' model)
custom columns support introduced
auto-redraw (no need to call "draw()" - it will be called automagically, and only once for any number of consequent tree operations)
delayed layer detachment
cookie state saving is less CPU-expensive now
node API updated
substential refactoring

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.5.3November 18, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.5.3:

initialization failure when COOLjsTreePRO constructor is called outside <body>
nodeByName, nodeByID, and nodeByURL methods now can use RegExp as input
nodeByXY method has been added (mostly for internal use)
now node's layer can have event handlers (tree.layer_on... = ...)
node now can be moved to arbitrary coordinates, with or without children (mostly for internal use)
node's getLayer method - returns reference to browser's internal DHTML object
one more "splice" removed

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.5.2November 15, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.5.2:

custom event handlers for caption, icon, and button (oncontextmenu, ondrag, etc.)
older browsers do not have Array.splice() method
sometimes new nodes' indexes had conflicts with existing nodes

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.5.1November 14, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.5.1:

fix for IE's bug "disappearing images" is now disabled by default
small redraw bug fixed: doubled Y-coordinate in static mode
basic RTL support added (may be buggy under some circumstances)

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.5.0November 12, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.5.0:

ensureVisible now has optional noRedraw flag: ensureVisible(index, noRedraw == false)
"single branch mode": now all nodes get automatically collapsed - not only root's children
level-specific CSS classes for selected/opened node are now supported

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.4.9November 11, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.4.9:

added possibility to have childless folder ("..., {format:{isFolder:true}}, ...")

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.4.8October 19, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.4.8:

trees's method added: getSelectedNode()

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.1.8October 14, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.1.8:

tiny code fix

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.1.7October 10, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.1.7:

dynamics introduced: child items are now created on-demand, and because of this menu loads almost instantly;

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.0.8September 28, 2004

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.0.8:

added support for default panel

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.4.7September 24, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.4.7:

node's methods added: id() and hasChildren()

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.4.6September 23, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.4.6:

dynamic API - initial model: recreate, setCaption, addNode, deleteNode
new method - node.ensureVisible: expands all ancestors of particular node
all nodeBy functions are fixed now

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.1.6September 20, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.1.6:

new interpretation of the "delay" field
new "alt" field - tooltips for items
new "status" field - statusbar text for items
new "orientation" and "spacing" fields - easier way to build vertical/horizontal menus
easier way to override event handlers
moveXY function is back again
"hanging submenu" bug fixed
tab order is much more natural now

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.4.5September 16, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.4.5:

dynamic API - first scratch: setCaption
new method - node.getMinorIndex: returns zero-based index of the node from its parent's point of view

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.0.7August 21, 2004

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.0.7:

fixed memory leaks under Internet Explorer (were causing great performace penalty after several consequent page loads)
improved template model (meta-templates introduced)
minor optimizations

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.0.6July 28, 2004

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.0.6:

Professional edition now supports mouse wheel (Internet Explorer only)

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.4.3July 08, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.4.3:

customizable CSS class for opened nodes
small code improvements

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.0.5July 08, 2004

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.0.5:

minor bug fixes and improvements

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.0.4July 04, 2004

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.0.4:

massive code rewrite
new architecture: templated model
Professional edition now supports three states for panels, items, and arrows: normal, rollovered, clicked
minor usability improvements

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.0.3July 03, 2004

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.0.3:

massive code rewrite: refactoring, optimizations, etc.

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.0.2July 01, 2004

What's new in COOLjsOutlookBar 1.0.2:

persistent state (Professional edition only)

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.4.2June 30, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.4.2:

"cookies" feature: minor bug (typo) revised

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.4.1June 29, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.4.1:

"expandAll" and "collapseAll" features were broken
"cookies" feature was revised
"onSelectNode" callback was removed (use *_onclick instead)
"single branch" mode fixed
heavily rewritten drawing methods - should be much more robust now (also node's "show" method has gone)
performance was increased again

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.4.0May 29, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.4.0:

buggy behavior of "cookies" was partially fixed

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.3.9May 18, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.3.9:

new workaround for the old "Disappearing Images Bug" (also, "missingImagesFix" run-time option is now available - it allows you to turn the workaround off if it causes troubles within your environment)
compressed (obfuscated) version of cooltreepro.js is only 13Kb now

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.3.8May 10, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.3.8:

semi-dynamics introduced: now tree will be created on the fly (in modern; browsers); IE6 shows 1200% performance increase on large trees

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.3.7April 26, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.3.7:

nasty tree state saving bug fixed

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.3.6April 24, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.3.6:

bug in the tree state saving/restoring routine fixed
old Opera browsers had problems with initial rectangle

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.3.5April 17, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.3.5:

code cosmetics

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.3.4April 06, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.3.4:

some refactoring
workaround for IE's "Disappearing Images Bug" (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;269802) introduced

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.3.3March 31, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.3.3:

"late method binding" was used before, and now we are using object
prototypes more refactoring
more HTML cleanup

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsTree Pro 2.3.2March 30, 2004

What's new in COOLjsTree Professional 2.3.2:

customizable event handlers for icons, buttons, and captions
general code refactoring
generated HTML code cleanup (it is more XML'ish now)
onload event handler - minor bug fixed

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.1.4March 26, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.1.4:

substential code refactoring
"early method binding" is now in use
compressed (obfuscated) code is only 11.8 Kb now

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.1.3March 25, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.1.3:

even more code refactoring
HTML code cleanup

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.1.2March 25, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.1.2:

"init()" call is now obsoleted
more code refactoring

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsMenu Pro 2.1.1March 24, 2004

What's new in COOLjsMenu Professional 2.1.1:

new event handlers model introduced (new top-level functions: showLevel, setActiveItem, cancelQueued)
code refactoring
onload event handler - minor bug fixed

Note: this is not a release version.

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.0.1February 05, 2003

This is a bug-fix release.

COOLjsOutlookBar 1.0.0January 20, 2003

This is initial stable release of COOLjsOutlookBar Professional.