CSS - Drop Down Menu Problem

Hi, I am having problems with a jQuery suckerfish drop down menu. The HTML seems fine so I can only assume the problem is with the CSS. It is a vertical drop down menu with three levels, and level two is supposed to drop down to the right hand side of level one, but it is currently dropping straight down and overlapping level one. Level three sits correctly to the right of level two though.

Here is the code:

/*** ESSENTIAL STYLES ***/
.sf-vertical, .sf-vertical * {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}
.sf-vertical {
line-height: 1.0;
}
.sf-vertical ul {
position: absolute;
top: -999em;
width: 10em; /* left offset of submenus need to match (see below) */
}
.sf-vertical li:hover , .sf-vertical li.sfHover, .sf-vertical a:focus, .sf-vertical a:hover, .sf-vertical a:active{
width: 100%;
}
.sf-vertical li:hover {
visibility: inherit; /* fixes IE7 'sticky bug' */
}
.sf-vertical li {
position: relative;
}
.sf-vertical a {
display: block;
position: relative;
}
.sf-vertical li:hover ul,
.sf-vertical li.sfHover ul {
left: 0;
top: 2.5em; /* match top ul list item height */
z-index: 99;
}
ul.sf-vertical li:hover li ul,
ul.sf-vertical li.sfHover li ul {
top: -999em;
}
ul.sf-vertical li li:hover ul,
ul.sf-vertical li li.sfHover ul {
left: 10em; /* match ul width */
top: 0;
}
ul.sf-vertical li li:hover li ul,
ul.sf-vertical li li.sfHover li ul {
top: -999em;
}
ul.sf-vertical li li li:hover ul,
ul.sf-vertical li li li.sfHover ul {
left: 10em; /* match ul width */
top: 0;
}

/*** DEMO SKIN ***/
.sf-vertical {
float: left;
margin-bottom: 1em;
}
.sf-vertical a {
border-left: 1px solid #fff;
border-top: 1px solid #CFDEFF;
padding: .75em 1em;
text-decoration:none;
}
.sf-vertical a, a:visited { /* visited pseudo selector so IE6 applies text colour*/
color: #13a;
}
.sf-vertical li {
background: #BDD2FF;
}
.sf-vertical li li {
background: #AABDE6;
}
.sf-vertical li li li {
background: #9AAEDB;
}
.sf-vertical li:hover, .sf-vertical li.sfHover,
.sf-vertical a:focus, .sf-vertical a:hover, .sf-vertical a:active {
background: #CFDEFF;
outline: 0;
}

/*** arrows **/
.sf-vertical a.sf-with-ul {
padding-right: 2.25em;
min-width: 1px; /* trigger IE7 hasLayout so spans position accurately */
}
.sf-sub-indicator {
position:relative;
display: block;
right: .75em;
top: 1.05em; /* IE6 only */
width: 10px;
height: 10px;
text-indent: -999em;
overflow: hidden;
background: url('../images/arrows-ffffff.png') no-repeat -10px -100px; /* 8-bit indexed alpha png. IE6 gets solid image only */
}
a > .sf-sub-indicator { /* give all except IE6 the correct values */
top: .8em;
background-position: -10px 0; /* use translucent arrow for modern browsers*/
}
/* apply hovers to modern browsers */
.sf-vertical a:focus > .sf-sub-indicator,
.sf-vertical a:hover > .sf-sub-indicator,
.sf-vertical a:active > .sf-sub-indicator,
.sf-vertical li:hover > a > .sf-sub-indicator,
.sf-vertical li.sfHover > a > .sf-sub-indicator {
background-position: -10px 0; /* arrow hovers for modern browsers*/
}

/* point right for anchors in subs */
.sf-vertical ul .sf-sub-indicator { background-position: -10px 0; }
.sf-vertical ul a > .sf-sub-indicator { background-position: 0 0; }
/* apply hovers to modern browsers */
.sf-vertical ul a:focus > .sf-sub-indicator,
.sf-vertical ul a:hover > .sf-sub-indicator,
.sf-vertical ul a:active > .sf-sub-indicator,
.sf-vertical ul li:hover > a > .sf-sub-indicator,
.sf-vertical ul li.sfHover > a > .sf-sub-indicator {
background-position: -10px 0; /* arrow hovers for modern browsers*/
}

/*** shadows for all but IE6 ***/
.sf-shadow ul.sf-shadow-off {
background: transparent;
}

Any help or suggestions would be really appreciated. Let me know if you need any additional information.

Hi guys,

I've written a drop-down menu, located here (there's only a drop down menu on the "Services" link in the menu.

Now, the menu works fine in FireFox, however it completely screws up in IE (I'm not too worried about the menu being put on the right in IE, just moreso about all the gaps its making).

To do the menu, I'm simply using an extra table for the drop down menu which has its display property set to none, and giving it the css property of "position: absolute;". Then when it is rolled over, it just changes to "display: block".

How would I go about fixing this?

Hi all!

I'm trying to make a horizontal menu with vertical drop downs.. However, the dropdowns don't go where they're supposed to.
The menu is more or less at hybrid between a horizontal menu and a drop-down menu, so it's probably all more or less messed up

You can check out the site at:
cleopatra.gebodesign.no

The files are at:
gebodesign.no/cleopatra/menu.php
gebodesign.no/cleopatra/stylesheet.css

Thanks for any input

Hi there, im trying to make a website for a friend and im having a little diffuculty with my drop down menu

the site is here
bbk.ac.uk/~fsando01/watma/index.html

when you hover over the link entitled services in the global nav bar and proceed to hover down to the first submenu link which is abs repair, youll notice the background image i set as hover state for the services link disapears, i want it to stay there like they have got on marks and spencers website...

Please if anyone could help id be very grateful...

ive tried everthing i can think of

Hello everyone,

I have a drop-down menu that is currently working well.

The only change I need to make is to have the right edge of the drop-down menu to align with the right edge of the parent menu. When you hover over the menu, it currently "drops" down and to the right, with the left edges aligned.

I want the menu to "drop" down and to the left, so the right edges are aligned.

I have tried fiddling with floats and absolute/relative positioning. I'm not sure what needs to be changed.

Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated! I'm learning via "cut and paste", so please go easy on any terminology you may use.

Thank you!

Here is the page: http://www.littlebuddymedia.com/site05/012.html



The menu currently drops like this (aligned along the left edge): http://www.justskins.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/drop-down-menu.gif



I want the menu to do this (align along the right edge; see how "Artists" is aligned under "Music" along the right edge): http://artatm.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/mtvmenu.JPG

Here is my code:

Code:

.chromestyle{
     width: 100%;
     font-weight: bold;
     float: left;
     height: 29px;
}

.chromestyle:after{ /*Add margin between menu and rest of content in Firefox*/
content: "."; 
display: block; 
height: 0; 
clear: both; 
visibility: hidden;
}

.chromestyle ul{
border: 0px solid #BBB;
width: 100%;
background: url(chromebg.gif) center center repeat-x; /*THEME CHANGE HERE*/
padding: 4px 0;
margin: 0;
text-align: right; /*set value to "left", "center", or "right"*/
}

.chromestyle ul li{
display: inline;
}

.chromestyle ul li a{
color: #000000;
padding: 4px 7px;
margin: 0;
text-decoration: none;
border-left: 1px solid #DADADA;
}

.chromestyle ul li a:hover, .chromestyle ul li a.selected{ /*script dynamically adds a class of "selected" to the current active menu item*/
background: url(chromebg-over.gif) center center repeat-x; /*THEME CHANGE HERE*/
}

/* ######### Style for Drop Down Menu ######### */

.dropmenudiv{
position:absolute;
top: 0;
border: 1px solid #BBB; /*THEME CHANGE HERE*/
border-bottom-width: 0;
font:normal 12px Verdana;
line-height:18px;
z-index:100;
background-color: white;
width: 200px;
visibility: hidden;
}


.dropmenudiv a{
width: auto;
display: block;
text-indent: 3px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #BBB; /*THEME CHANGE HERE*/
padding: 2px 5px;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
color: black;
}

* html .dropmenudiv a{ /*IE only hack*/
width: 100%;
}

.dropmenudiv a:hover{ /*THEME CHANGE HERE*/
background-color: #0000ff;
color: #fff200;
}

HellO~! I'm current trying to code a website for someone, but I'm having some problems getting the menu to work properly in Firefox. It works great in Chrome and Safari but I have no idea how to make it work properly for firefox.

So basically, I have a drop line menu, but instead the sub links all showing up in the same spot when I hover, I want the sub links to show up under the link I'm hovering over. Now, I managed to get this working great by just changing the position of the sub ul and il hover to relative.

URL


But in Firefox, when you hover over a link, that link expands to the width of the sub navigation and pushes the other links to the right. It just looks terrible and I don't know how to fix this.

URL

I've tried searching for a solution, but no luck! I'd really appreciate if someone could enlighten me on how this could be fixed? Or if it's even possible? I'm still new to working with drop downs and would love the help!

Advance thanks for those who read this! Hopefully someone can help me out with this!

EDIT: Looks like my images wont show up after all . Hopefully you will all know what I mean.

CSS CODE:
Code:

* {
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

#nav {
	list-style:none;
	position:relative;
}

#nav li {
	float:left;
	text-align:center;
}

#nav a {
	display:block;
	text-decoration:none;
}

#nav a:active, #nav a:focus, #nav a:hover {
	background:#254563;
}

/* --------- Sub Nav --------- */
#nav li.current ul {
	left:0px;


}

#nav ul {
	position:absolute;
	left:-999em;
	list-style:none;
	padding:0 0 0;
	width: 500px;
}

#nav ul li {
	width: auto;
	margin: 3px 3px 0 0px;

}

#nav ul a {
	font-size: 12px;
	height: auto;
	padding: 5px 10px;
	background: #dfeec9;
	border-radius: 8px;
	-moz-border-radius: 8px;
	width: auto;
}

#nav li:active ul, #nav li:hover ul { 
	height: 30px;
	left: 10px;
	position: relative;
	padding: 0px 3px 5px 3px;
	background: none;
	width: 500px;
}

.navi01 {	
	display: block;
	padding-top: 0px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	width: 33px;
	height: 44px;
	text-decoration: none;
	background: url(images/navi_01.png);
	}

.navi02 {	
	display: block;
	padding-top: 0px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	width: 133px;
	height: 44px;
	text-decoration: none;
	background: url(images/navi_02.png);
	}

.navi03 {	
	display: block;
	padding-top: 0px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	width: 86px;
	height: 44px;
	text-decoration: none;
	background: url(images/navi_03.png);
	}

.navi04 {	
	display: block;
	padding-top: 0px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	width: 83px;
	height: 44px;
	text-decoration: none;
	background: url(images/navi_04.png);
	}

.navi05 {	
	display: block;
	padding-top: 0px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	width: 92px;
	height: 44px;
	text-decoration: none;
	background: url(images/navi_05.png);
	}

.navi06 {	
	display: block;
	padding-top: 0px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	width: 82px;
	height: 44px;
	text-decoration: none;
	background: url(images/navi_06.png);
	}

.navi07 {	
	display: block;
	padding-top: 0px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	width: 30px;
	height: 44px;
	text-decoration: none;
	background: url(images/navi_07.png);
	}

HTML NAV CODE:
Code:

 <ul id="nav"> 
			<li><span class="navi01">&nbsp;</span></li> 
			  <li><a href="originalart/gallery.php"><span class="navi02">&nbsp;</span></a> 
<ul> 
	  <li><a href="originalart/gallery.php">Original Art</a></li> 
	  <li><a href="fanart/gallery_fanart.php">Fan Art </a></li> 
	  <li><a href="commissions/gallery_commissions.php">Commissions</a></li> 
	  <li><a href="roughwork/gallery_roughwork.php">Rough Work</a></li> 
	  </ul> 
</li> 
			<li><a href=""><span class="navi03">&nbsp;</span></a> 
<ul> 
	  <li><a href="info.php">Info</a></li> 
	  <li><a href="http://luisarafidi.deviantart.com/journal/11831940/">FAQ </a></li> 
	  </ul> 
 
</li> 
			<li><a href="oldartwork/gallery_oldartwork.php"><span class="navi04">&nbsp;</span></a></li> 
			<li><a href="http://blog.luisarafidi.com/"><span class="navi05">&nbsp;</span></a> 
 <ul>	<li><a href="#">Old Artwork</a></li> 
	  <li><a href="#">More</a></li> 
</ul> 
</li> 
			<li><a href=""><span class="navi06">&nbsp;</span></a></li> 
			<li><span class="navi07">&nbsp;</span></li> 
</ul>	

Following sample is from http://www.code-couch.com/jeff/snippets/general/tektips-navigation-example.html
is what I am trying to reference to create a template. But how do I how keep the state of Menu on each requested page any help is appreciated. The following menu is saved in a separate jsp file i.e. navs.jsp. I include this navigation jsp file in all of my files. Initially the drop down looks like:


Code:

. Ask.Jeeves 
. [+] Google.com 
. [+] Yahoo.com

Now clicking [+] in front of Google.com will look like.

Code:

. Ask.Jeeves 
. [-] Google.com 
     . Google.co.ie
     . Google.co.ie
     . [+] Google.co.nz 
. [+] Yahoo.com

Lets's say now if I click on Google.co.ie it takes me to sample.jsp and on this requested page (sample.jsp) how can I show the following menu hierarchy with Google.co.ie bold/underlined/colorchanged showing what menu content I clicked and am viewing the appropriate content i.e.


Code:

. Ask.Jeeves 
. [-] Google.com 
     . Google.co.ie
     . Google.co.ie
     . [+] Google.co.nz 
. [+] Yahoo.com

Same way clicking Google.com or Yahoo.com or Ask.Jeeves shows you the following hierarchy on the requested page with higlight/bold/colored the link we just selected. i.e.


Code:

. Ask.Jeeves 
. [+] Google.com 
. [+] Yahoo.com

Any time clicking on the menu takes me to some page but on that page I want to show th hierarchy of the menu all the way to which is recently clicked with different color setting.

Here is the source for the above:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/>
<meta http-equiv="content-language" content="en"/>
<title>Test Harness</title>

<style type="text/css">

ul li ul {display:none;list-style-type: none;}

#myNav li a:hover {
color: blue;
}

#myNav li a:active {
color: #FF0000;
background: #FFFFFF;
}

#myNav { list-style-image: url(page.GIF); }
</style>

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function initNav() {
	var navObj = document.getElementById('myNav');
	var ulCollection = navObj.getElementsByTagName('li');
	for (var loop = 0; loop < ulCollection.length; loop++) {
		if(ulCollection[loop].getElementsByTagName('ul').length > 0) {
			/* we have an LI that contains a UL */
			if (ulCollection[loop].getElementsByTagName('span').length > 0) {
				/* there is at least one SPAN tag present */
				ulCollection[loop].getElementsByTagName('span')[0].innerHTML = "[<a href=\"javascript://\" onclick=\"this.innerHTML=this.innerHTML=='+'?'-':'+';temp=this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('ul')[0].style;temp.display=temp.display=='block'?'none':'block';\">+</a>] ";
			}
		}
	}
}
window.onload = initNav;
//-->
</script>

</head>
<body>
<ul id="myNav">
	<li><a href="http://www.askjeeves.com">Ask.Jeeves</a></li>
	<li><span></span><a href="http://www.google.com">Google.com</a>
		<ul>
			<li><a href="http://www.google.co.uk">Google.co.uk</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.google.co.ie">Google.co.ie</a></li>
			<li><span></span><a href="http://www.google.co.nz">Google.co.nz</a>
			<ul>
			   <li>*3*</li>
			   <li>*4*</li>
			</ul>
</li>
		</ul>
	</li>

	<li><span></span><a href="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo.com</a>
		<ul>
			<li><a href="http://www.yahoo.co.uk">Yahoo.co.uk</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://www.yahoo.co.nz">Yahoo.co.nz</a></li>
		</ul>
	</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>

Any help is really appreciated thanks.

EDIT:: Simplier way to write the question ^.^ :: When I scroll off the menu/link onto the first link in the submenu it stays, but when I mvoe down to the next item in the submenu it disappears.
(My drop down is vertically aligned on the left.)
(bits of the code that relate to the menu)

PHP Code:
.btn1 { position: absolute; left: 165px; top: 200px; } 
.btn2 { position: absolute; left: 165px; top: 240px; }
.btn3 { position: absolute; left: 165px; top: 280px; } 
.btn4 { position: absolute; left: 165px; top: 320px; }
.btn5 { position: absolute; left: 165px; top: 360px; } 
.btn6 { position: absolute; left: 165px; top: 400px; }
.btn7 { position: absolute; left: 165px; top: 440px; } 
.btn8 { position: absolute; left: 165px; top: 480px; }
.link1 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 240px; }
.link2 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 280px; }
.link3 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 320px; }
.link4 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 360px; }
.link5 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 400px; }
.link6 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 440px; }
.link7 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 480px; }
.link8 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 520px; }
.link9 { position: absolute; left: auto; top: 560px; }

#nav, #nav ul { padding: 0; margin: 0; list-style: none; }
#nav a { display: block; width: 100px; }
#nav li { width: 100px; }
#nav li ul { position: absolute; width: 100px; left: -9999px; display: none; top: 0; z-index: 3; }
#nav li:hover ul { display: block; left: 266px; z-index: 3; }
#nav li:over ul { display: block; left: 266px; z-index: 3; } 





PHP Code:
<ul id="nav">
  <li><a href="HOBmain.htm"><img class="btn1" src="../mainbtn.gif" width="100" height="38" alt="MainBtn"></a></li>
  <li><a href="HOBmain.htm"><img class="btn2" src="../blogbtn.gif" width="100" height="38" alt="BlogBtn"></a>
    <ul>
      <li class="link1"><a href=""><img src="../mbtn.gif" alt="bMainBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link2"><a href="#"><img src="../anmbtn.gif" alt="bAnimeBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link3"><a href="#"><img src="../mgabtn.gif" alt="bMangaBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link4"><a href="#"><img src="../gmebtn.gif" alt="bGameBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link5"><a href="#"><img src="../bookbtn.gif" alt="bBookBtn"></a></li>
    </ul>
  </li>
    <li><a href="HOBmuse.htm"><img class="btn3" src="../musebtn.gif" width="100" height="38" alt="MuseBtn"></a>
    <ul>
      <li class="link2"><a href="HOBmuse.htm"><img src="../mbtn.gif" alt="mMainBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link3"><a href="HOBmuse.htm"><img src="../pmbtn.gif" alt="mPoemBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link4"><a href="HOBmuse.htm"><img src="../stybtn.gif" alt="mStoryBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link5"><a href="HOBmuse.htm"><img src="../drmbtn.gif" alt="mDreamBtn"></a></li>
    </ul>
  </li>
   <li><a href="HOBodd.htm"><img class="btn4" src="../oddbtn.gif" width="100" height="38" alt="ComicBtn"></a>
    <ul>
      <li class="link3"><a href="HOBodd.htm"><img src="../mbtn.gif" alt="cMainBtn"></a></li>
    </ul>
  </li>
   <li><a href="HOBart.htm"><img class="btn5" src="../artbtn.gif" width="100" height="38" alt="ArtBtn"></a>
    <ul>
      <li class="link4"><a href="HOBart.htm"><img src="../mbtn.gif" alt="aMainBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link5"><a href="HOBart.htm"><img src="../recbtn.gif" alt="aRecentBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link6"><a href="HOBart.htm"><img src="../gaibtn.gif" alt="aGaiaBtn"></a></li>
    </ul>
  </li>
   <li><a href="HOBpic.htm"><img class="btn6" src="../picbtn.gif" width="100" height="38" alt="PicsBtn"></a>
    <ul>
      <li class="link5"><a href="HOBpic.htm"><img src="../mbtn.gif" alt="pMainBtn"></a></li>
      <li class="link6"><a href="HOBpic.htm"><img src="../recbtn.gif" alt="pRecentBtn"></a></li>
    </ul>
  </li>
   <li><a href="HOBfaq.htm"><img class="btn7" src="../faqbtn.gif" width="100" height="38" alt="FaqBtn"></a></li>
   <li><a href="HOBcon.htm"><img class="btn8" src="../contactbtn.gif" width="100" height="38" alt="ContactBtn"></a> </li>
</ul> 





<script type="text/javascript" src="drop_down.js"></script>
the "nav" is referring to a bit of js, and this is in my header. Also not sure if it's correct, but I can worry about that later.
link: The Page

Hi all,

I've got a horizontal menu that is working just fine in every browser but IE 6 and 7. In IE it's almost there, except that the submenus will only appear one level deep. The menu is created with nested lists. The :hover functionality is simulated via JavaScript for IE 6. The IE developer toolbar shows the 3rd level menu is correctly being changed to display: block when its parent is hovered, and the border the dev toolbar draws even puts it in the correct place, it just doesn't actually appear.

You can find the page he
http://www.perceptes.com/topdog/

The CSS and JS (uses jQuery) can be found he
http://www.perceptes.com/topdog/css/screen.css
http://www.perceptes.com/topdog/css/ie.css (loaded with a conditional comment)
http://www.perceptes.com/topdog/js/tdps.js
http://www.perceptes.com/topdog/js/ie.js (loaded with a conditonal comment)

For a specific example of what I'm talking about, try hovering over the second item, Filters & Parts. This will give you another level with four choices. Each of those also has child elements, but when hovered over, the next level doesn't appear. Try it in something other than IE 6 or 7 to see how it's supposed to look.

Thanks very much in advance!

I working on a CSS to display a round-shouldered-tab menu. My result is acceptable:
http://rickduley.webs.com/roundShoulderTabMenu.jpg
except for the fact that the tabs are set below the menuBar on which the are supposed to display.

I have run out of ideas. Would someone please set me on the right path?
Thanks.

P.S.: the code is at
http://rickduley.webs.com/roundShoulderTabMenu.zip.kgb -
you have to delete the 'dot key gee bee' suffix.

I had made a site with a pure CSS drop down menu (using hover). The problem is that it works fine in the various browsers... IE6, FF1.x, NS, Opera... But it doesn't work in IE7. Anyone know a work around for using the hover as a drop down with IE7? I can paste the code later (when I get back to where my site is) if needed.

Thanks for any input.

Hi I have the following script is from http://tiernok.com/tt/dropdown/styles/caffeine.css and
http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/ that I am trying to modify. It runs fine both in IE and Netscape
but look and feel is what I am trying to make it work. Here is the issue I am facing and have tried but couldn't figure it out

1. In IE when hovering over Services And Implementation there's too much gap between Services And Implementation and History1Histy1 as in FireFox it comes out fine but everything is overlapped. Want to have less gap between menu and sub-menu.

2. How can I increase the width for the menus and sub menus, as I want to fit everything in table width of 586.

Code:

<html>
<head>
	<title> Caffeinated Dropdowns </title>
	<STYLE>
/**************************** Editable Pretty Stuff *****************/
/* Modification of the .ddMenu li item will require modification	*/
/* of the .ddVert width as well
/********************************************************************/

/* Menu List Items */
.ddMenu li{	
	width: 117px;
	height: 20px;
	background: #9C2B01;
	color: #616F81;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.ddMenu .top_lvl .mnu_foot{
	background-color: #9C2B01;
	height: 2px;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #616F81;
	width: 117px;
}
.ddMenu .top_lvl .mnu_head{
	/* used to space from the top menu without losinghover focus */
	border: 0px;
	height: 1px;
	background-color: #9C2B01;
	width: 117px;
}
.ddMenu .top_lvl li{
	background: #9C2B01;
	border-right: 0px solid #dddddd
}
.ddHoriz .mnu_head, .ddHoriz .mnu_foot{
	width: 1px;
}
.ddHoriz .mnu_foot{
	display: none;
}
.ddVert li{
	background-color: yellow;
}
.ddVert .top_lvl{
	padding: 15px 0 15px 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #616F81;
}
ul.ddVert li.mnu_foot, ul.ddVert li.mnu_head{
	background-color: #9C2B01;
}
/* Menu List Items Hover */
.ddMenu li.sfhover, .ddMenu li:hover{
	background-color: green;
	color: #816A61;
	z-index: 5;
	cursor: default;
}

.ddMenu a:link { text-decoration: none; color: white }
.ddMenu a:visited { text-decoration: none; color: white }
.ddMenu a:hover { text-decoration: none; color: white }

/**************************** Required CSS **************************/
.ddMenu, .ddMenu ul {	/**** all lists ****/
	list-style: none;	/* list style for menus */
	margin: 0px;		/* get rid of built-in margin */
	padding: 0px;		/* get rid of built-in padding */
	display: block;		/* display as block elements */
}
.ddMenu li{				/**** all list items ****/
	float: left;		/* float list items */
	position: relative; /* position relative to siblings */
}
.ddMenu li a{			/**** all anchors in list items ****/
	display: block;		/* make anchor tags block tags */
	width: 100%;		/* 98% width to compensate for any borders 
						/* that get added without obviously stealing
						/* hover space from user */
}
.ddMenu li ul{			/**** positioning for sub-menus ****/
	position: absolute; /* position */
	display: none;		/* hide submenus */
}

.ddMenu li.sfhover ul.ulhover{ /**** show immediate submenu for IE ****/
	display: block;
}
.ddMenu li:hover>ul{ /**** Show immediate submenu for compliant browsers ****/
	display: block;
}	

/**************************** Horizantal ***************************/
/* Sub-Menus need to drop down, Sub-Sub-Menus need to fly out to   */
/* the right in a horizantal view                                  */
ul.ddHoriz ul ul{
	left: 100%;
	top: 0;
}
.ddHoriz li ul{
	top: 1.2em;
	left: 0px;
}

/**************************** Vertical *****************************/
/* Menu needs a fixed width in vertical view to cause wrapping and */
/* sub-menus fly to the right by default                           */
.ddVert, .ddVert ul{
	width: 10em;
}
.ddVert li ul{
	top: 0px;
	left: 100%;
}
</STYLE>
	<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><!--//--><![CDATA[//><!--
	//--- This script is heavily based upon the one published as part of the SuckerFish dropdown method.
	//--- For more information, please visit: http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/
	ddHover = function() { 
		var ddMs = document.getElementsByTagName("UL");
		for ( var t=0; t<ddMs.length;t++){
			if(ddMs[t].className.indexOf("ddMenu") > -1){
				var ddSMs = ddMs[t].getElementsByTagName("LI"); 
				for (var i=0; i<ddSMs.length; i++) { 
					ddSMs[i].onmouseover = function(){
						var ddsm = this.getElementsByTagName("UL")[0];
						this.className+=" sfhover";
						if(ddsm != null){ ddsm.className+= " ulhover"; }}
					ddSMs[i].onmouseout = function(){
						var ddsm = this.getElementsByTagName("UL")[0];
						this.className=this.className.replace(new RegExp(" sfhover\\b"), ""); 
						if(ddsm != null){ ddsm.className = ddsm.className.replace(new RegExp(" ulhover\\b"), ""); }
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
	if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", ddHover)
	//--><!]]></script>
</head>
<body>
<TABLE width="586" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#9C2B01">
		<TR><TD height="28" valign="center" bgcolor="#9C2B01" align="center">	
			<ul class="ddMenu ddHoriz">
				<li class="mnu_head"></li>
				<li class="top_lvl"><a href="" title="History of Chocolate">Customer Inform</a></li>
					<li class="top_lvl"><font color="white">Services And Implementation</font>
					<ul>
						<li class="mnu_head"></li>
						<li><a href="" title="The History of Tea">History1Histy1</a></li>
						<li><a href="" title="The History of Tea">Services And Implementation History</a></li>
						<li><a href="" title="The History of Tea">History3</a></li>
						<li><a href="" title="The History of Tea">History4</a></li>
						<li><a href="" title="The History of Tea">History5</a></li>
						<li><a href="" title="The History of Tea">History6</a></li>
						<li><a href="" title="The History of Tea">History7</a></li>
						<li><a href="" title="The History of Tea">History8</a></li>
						<li><a href="" title="The History of Tea">History9</a></li>						
						<li class="mnu_foot"></li>
					</ul>
				</li>
				
				<li class="top_lvl"><a href="" title="History of Chocolate">About Us</a></li>
				<li class="top_lvl"><a href="" title="History of Chocolate">Foreign Affiliation</a></li>
				<li class="top_lvl"><a href="" title="History of Chocolate">Contact Us</a></li>
				
				<li class="mnu_foot"></li>
			</ul>
	
	
	</TD></TR></TABLE>
</body>
</html>

Any help is appreciated. Thanks

dup

Ok I am creating a CSS/Javascript Horizontal drop down menu and everything looks great except when I go down and highlight items on my submenu the styles go away on the Menu Item Selected, how can I have those attributes maintain when I go on it's sub elements?

Thanks alot

Seth

Code:

<div id="Nav">
                    <ul class="menu">
                        <li>
                            <a href="#">
                                Home
                            </a>
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <a href="#" onclick="javascript:showlayer('sm_1')">
                                Profile
                            </a>
                            <ul class="submenu" id="sm_1">
                                <li><a href="#">Portfolio</a></li>
                                <li><a href="#">Resume</a></li>
                                <li><a href="#">About Me</a></li>
                            </ul>
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <a href="#">
                                Contact
                            </a>
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <a href="#" onclick="javascript:showlayer('sm_2')">
                                Login
                            </a>
                            <ul class="submenu" id="sm_2">
                                <li><a href="#">Friends</a></li>
                                <li><a href="#">Family</a></li>
                                <li><a href="#">Admin</a></li>
                            </ul>
                        </li>
                    </ul>
                </div>

Code:

ul, li
{
	margin:0; border:0; padding:0; list-style:none;
}
#Nav
{
	font-size:11px;
	color:#3b5d14;
	font-weight:bold;
	padding:4px;
	height:30px;
	font-family: Lucida Sans;
}
#Nav .menu li 
{
	/*background:url(Images/Light/Left-Menu.png) left top no-repeat;*/
	height:30px;
	float:left;
	margin-right:10px;
}
#Nav .menu li a
{
	color:#F1F1F1;
	width: 75px;
	text-decoration:none;
	padding:0 10px;
	height:30px;
	line-height:30px;
	display:block;
	float:left;
	padding:0 26px 0 10px;
	background:url(Images/Light/Right-Menu-Off.png) right top no-repeat;
	font-family: Lucida Sans;
}


#Nav .menu li a:hover
{
	color:#666666;
	background: url(Images/Light/MenuRight.png) right top no-repeat;
}

#Nav .menu li:hover
{
		
	background: url(Images/Light/Menu-Hover.png) left top no-repeat;
}

#Nav ul .submenu 
{
	border:solid 1px #7ea3bb;
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;
	/*border-top:none;*/
	background:#FFFFFF;
	position:relative;
	top:1px;
	width:100px;
	padding:6px 0;
	clear:both;
	z-index:2;
	display:none;
	filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(opacity=90);opacity:.95
}
#Nav ul .submenu li
{
	background:none;
	display:block;
	float:none;
	margin:0 6px;
	border:0;
	height:auto;
	line-height:normal;
	/*border-top:solid 1px #DEDEDE;*/
}
#Nav .submenu li a
{
	background:none;
	display:block;
	float:none;
	padding:6px 6px;
	margin:0;
	border:0;
	height:auto;
	color:#105cbe;
	line-height:normal;
}
#Nav .submenu li a:hover
{
	background:#ebf4fa;
}