Index: nice_menus.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/nice_menus/nice_menus.module,v
retrieving revision 1.50
diff -u -p -r1.50 nice_menus.module
--- nice_menus.module	9 Aug 2008 12:52:40 -0000	1.50
+++ nice_menus.module	28 Aug 2008 18:56:18 -0000
@@ -312,6 +312,11 @@ function theme_nice_menu_tree($menu_name
 function theme_nice_menu_build($menu, $depth = -1) {
   $output = '';
   //$output .= dpm($menu);
+
+  $i = 0;
+  $count = count($menu);
+  $col_count = ceil( count($menu) / 7 );
+
   foreach ($menu as $menu_item) {  
     $mlid = $menu_item['link']['mlid'];
     // Check to see if it is a visible menu item.
@@ -323,18 +328,29 @@ function theme_nice_menu_build($menu, $d
       // Convert slashes to dashes.
       $clean_path = str_replace('/', '-', $clean_path);
       $path_class = 'menu-path-'. $clean_path;
+
+      $extra_class = ' col'.($i%$col_count);
+      $i++;
+      if ($i==1) {
+        $extra_class .= ' first';
+      }
+      elseif ($i==$count) {
+        $extra_class .= ' last';
+      }
+
       // If it has children build a nice little tree under it.
       if ((!empty($menu_item['link']['has_children'])) && (!empty($menu_item['below'])) && $depth != 0) {
         // Keep passing children into the function 'til we get them all.
         $children = theme('nice_menu_build', $menu_item['below'], $depth);
         // Set the class to parent only of children are displayed.
         $parent_class = $children ? 'menuparent ' : '';
-        $output .= '<li id="menu-'. $mlid .'" class="'. $parent_class . $path_class .'">'. theme('menu_item_link', $menu_item['link']);
+        $output .= '<li id="menu-'. $mlid .'" class="'. $parent_class . $path_class . $extra_class . '">'. theme('menu_item_link', $menu_item['link']);
         // Check our depth parameters.  
         if ($menu_item['link']['depth'] <= $depth || $depth == -1) {
           // Build the child UL only if children are displayed for the user.
           if ($children) {
-            $output .= '<ul>';
+          	$child_col_count = ceil( count($menu_item['below']) / 7 );
+            $output .= '<ul class="'.($child_col_count > 1 ? 'wide col'.$child_col_count.'"': 'narrow').'">';
             $output .= $children;
             $output .= "</ul>\n";
           }
@@ -342,7 +358,7 @@ function theme_nice_menu_build($menu, $d
         $output .= "</li>\n";
       }
       else {
-        $output .= '<li id="menu-'. $mlid .'" class="'. $path_class .'">'. theme('menu_item_link', $menu_item['link']) .'</li>'."\n";
+        $output .= '<li id="menu-'. $mlid .'" class="leaf '. $path_class . $extra_class . '">'. theme('menu_item_link', $menu_item['link']) .'</li>'."\n";
       }
     }
   }