Elevator is a compact multi-level menu design for use in left or right navigation frames. Entries can be nested up to 8 levels deep, with each linking to its own URL and frame target. Entries that open another level can also act as links, and two buttons at the top of the applet lead to the next lower level or to level 1. Clicking one of the active level indicators will also lead down to the chosen level.

Non-reactive separators can be placed anywhere on the menu to create logical groups of entries. Mouse-tracking selector bars and dual lines can be added, removed or recolored individually, as can the scrolling arrows and vertical "shaft" lines. Elevator also supports "sticky" entries, and you can nominate a particular entry to be shown as selected when the applet first appears.

Elevator supports our Satellite system (a free download from Cool Focus), and includes PageSync features that enable the menu to update according to visitors' movement around your site. A background-image option can tile a GIF or JPEG image in any unused space below the menu, and reserved words such as _down and _home can be used as navigation around Elevator's menu levels via URL parameters. Elevator displays a hand cursor over any entry acting as a link.

In addition, Elevator is fully searchable. You can provide a form input on the web page that allows users to search for full or partial text-matches within Elevator's menu items.

NEW in version 2.0!