JavaScript - How Do I Center A Drop Down Menu?

Hi Everyone,
I'm trying to put a drop-down menu onto my website, but desperately need some help; I'd be so grateful if someone could offer some assistance.

If you click on this link to see the webpage, http://www.ambersupplies.co.uk/newsite/pageone.htm you'll see the drop down menu, and the two problems I'm having with it. Please don't take any notice of the menu content; I'll be styling it all when these problems are sorted.

Firstly, you'll see that the external drop down list is lying within the table (with the red background) when it should appear outside. I've obviously missed a closing table or td tag somewhere, but can't find it.
Secondly, the drop down menu should appear on mouseover, and disappear on mouseout; which it does, but as you can see, when the page is firstly or reloaded, the menu is showing.

I didn't write this drop-down menu code, I copied it from this page with the intention of styling it to my own webpage:
http://www.w3schools.com/DHTML/tryit...rydhtml_menu10, perhaps this will give someone a clue.

Can anyone shed a bit of light on this for me, please? I'd be really grateful for any help whatsoever.
Many thanks in advance.
Graham

I presently have a drop down menu in one of my sites. I wish to break it down one more time so that it opens up on the side. However, not being a javascript expert I cannot figure out how to do it. I assume it is something within the coding that needs to be changed, or even a new section added. I have included the coding, please can someone point me in the right direction.

Thank you so much!

Monica

CODE:

var timeout = 500;
var closetimer = 0;
var ddmenuitem = 0;

// open hidden layer
function mopen(id)
{
// cancel close timer
mcancelclosetime();

// close old layer
if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.style.visibility = 'hidden';

// get new layer and show it
ddmenuitem = document.getElementById(id);
ddmenuitem.style.visibility = 'visible';

}
// close showed layer
function mclose()
{
if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.style.visibility = 'hidden';
}

// go close timer
function mclosetime()
{
closetimer = window.setTimeout(mclose, timeout);
}

// cancel close timer
function mcancelclosetime()
{
if(closetimer)
{
window.clearTimeout(closetimer);
closetimer = null;
}
}

// close layer when click-out
document.onclick = mclose;
</SCRIPT>
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(function() {
$('#nav-drop').droppy();
});

SDDM:
#sddm
{ margin: 0;
padding: 0;
z-index: 300}

#sddm li
{ margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
float: left;
font: 14px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif}

#sddm li a
{ display: block;
margin: 0 1px 0 0;
padding: 2px 6px;
width: 95px;
background: ##333366;
color: #FFFFFF;
text-align: center;
text-decoration: none}

#sddm li a:hover
{ background: #9F8469}

#sddm div
{ position: absolute;
visibility: hidden;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background: #333366;
border: 1px solid #FFFFFF}

#sddm div a
{ position: relative;
display: block;
margin: 0;
padding: 5px 10px;
width: auto;
white-space: nowrap;
text-align: left;
text-decoration: none;
background: #333366;
color: #FFFFFF;
font: 14px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif}

#sddm div a:hover
{ background: #9F8469;
color: #FFFFFF}
.style12 {
color: #FFFFFF;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
}

HTML:
<tr>
<td height="21" colspan="3" bgcolor="#333366">
<ul id="sddm">
<li><a href="index.html" class="style18">HOME</a></li>
<li><a href="about_us.html" class="style18">ABOUT US</a></li>
<li><a href="criminal_law.html" class="style18"
onmouseover="mopen('m2')"
onmouseout="mclosetime()">CRIMINAL LAW </a>
<div id="m2"
onmouseover="mcancelclosetime()"
onmouseout="mclosetime()">
<a href="driving-impared_offences.html">Driving/Impaired Offences</a>
<a href="drug_related_chages.html">Drug Related Charges</a>
<a href="bail_hearing.html">Bail Hearing</a>
<a href="fraud_theft.html">Fraud/Theft</a>
<a href="assault.html">Assault</a>

would like to break this assault button down to 4 more options

<a href="domestic_violence.html">Domestic Violence</a>
<a href="break_enter_robbery.html">Break & Enter/Robbery</a>
<a href="weapons_offences.html">Weapons Offences</a>
<a href="fail_to_comply.html">Fail to Comply</a>
</div>
</li>
<li><a href="family_law.html" class="style18"
onmouseover="mopen('m3')"
onmouseout="mclosetime()">FAMILY LAW</a>
<div id="m3"
onmouseover="mcancelclosetime()"
onmouseout="mclosetime()">
<a href="family_law_divorce.html">Divorce</a>
<a href="family_law_custody_access.html">Custody and Access</a>
<a href="child_spousal_support.html">Child/Spousal Support</a>
<a href="division_of_property.html">Division of Property</a>
<a href="restraining_orders.html">Restraining Orders</a>
<a href="cas_matters.html">CAS Matters</a>
<a href="paternity.html">Paternity</a>
<a href="adoptions.html">Adoptions</a>
<a href="premarital_cohapitation_separtion_agreements.html">Premarital/Cohabitation/Separation Agreements</a>
</div>
</li>
<li><a href="civil.html" class="style18"
onmouseover="mopen('m4')"
onmouseout="mclosetime()">CIVIL LITIGATION</a>
<div id="m4"
onmouseover="mcancelclosetime()"
onmouseout="mclosetime()">
<a href="personal_injury.html">Personal Injury</a>
<a href="wrongful_dismissal.html">Wrongful Dismissal</a>
<a href="contract_disputes.html">Contract Disputes</a>
<a href="property_issue_discrepancies.html">Property/Issue Discrepancies</a>
<a href="tax_matters.html">Tax Matters</a>
</div>
</li>
<li><a href="wills.html" class="style18"
onmouseover="mopen('m5')"
onmouseout="mclosetime()">WILLS & ESTATES</a>
<div id="m5"
onmouseover="mcancelclosetime()"
onmouseout="mclosetime()">
<a href="wills.html">Wills</a>
<a href="power_of_sale.html">Power of Sale</a>
<a href="power_of_attorney.html">Power of Attorney</a>
</div>
</li>
<li><a href="administrative_law.html" class="style18"
onmouseover="mopen('m6')"
onmouseout="mclosetime()">ADMINISTRATIVE LAW</a>
<div id="m6"
onmouseover="mcancelclosetime()"
onmouseout="mclosetime()">
<a href="board_tribunals.html">Board Tribunals</a>
<a href="omb.html">OMB</a>
<a href="rental_housing.html">Rental Housing</a>
<a href="licensing_tribunals.html">Licensing Tribunals</a>
<a href="ministry_challenges.html">Ministry Challenges</a>
<a href="consent_compassion_board.html">Consent and Compassion Board</a>
<a href="wsib.html">WSIB</a>
<a href="fisco.html">FISCO</a>
<a href="human_rights_commission.html">Human Rights Commission</a>
<a href="conversation_review_board.html">Conservation Review Board</a>
</div>
</li>
<li><a href="resources.html" class="style18">RESOURCES</a></li>
<li><a href="contact_us.html" class="style18">CONTACT US</a></li>
</ul>

Can anyone tell me how or point me to a tutorial which shows how to go about coding a drop down menu "without a button", where i can store all my links.
Thanks

Hi Could you help me please. I am trying to make this drop down menu work in Internet Explorer 7 by inserting the Javascript. I'm obviously doing something wrong. Please be gentle with me I'm a bit of a newcomer to this:

HTML and Javascript included below.

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>

<script type="text/javascript">

sfHover = function() {
var sfEls = document.getElementById("nav").getElementsByTagName("LI");
for (var i=0; i<sfEls.length; i++) {
sfEls[i].onmouseover=function() {
this.className+=" sfhover";
}
sfEls[i].onmouseout=function() {
this.className=this.className.replace(new RegExp(" sfhover\\b"), "");
}
}
}
if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", sfHover);

</script>

<link href="dropdownmenu.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>

<body>
<ul class="nav">

<li><a href="/home/">Home </a></li>
<li><a href="/products/">Products </a>

<ul>

<li><a href="/products/silverback/">Silverback </a></li>
<li><a href="/products/fontdeck/">Font Deck </a></li>

</ul>

</li>

<li><a href="/services/">Services </a>

<ul>

<li><a href="/services/design/">Design </a></li>
<li><a href="/services/development/">Development </a></li>
<li><a href="/services/ consultancy/">Consultancy </a></li>
</ul>

</li>

<li><a href="/contact/">Contact Us </a></li>

</ul>



</body>
</html>

Having trouble with Nested Side Bar menu. I got the coding reference from here and tried to alter it for my profile.

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/cs...side_bar_menu/

I know there are easier ways to create menus like this with flash, but Im trying to learn with CSS,HTML, JAVASCRIPT.If there is anyone that can help me find an easier solution in how to do menus i would like to take your advice,


Basically I wanted to change the image on the button that receives the mouse-over. Then, when i place my mouse over the second button just sits idle with no sub-menu employed. Only the first button receives the commands to employ the sub-menu.

This is my Code.

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="4thcss.css">
<script src="4thport.js" type="text/javascript">
</script>

<title>Ruddy's Portfolio</title>
</head>
<body>


<div id="container">
<div id="containerbackground">
</div>


<div id="header">
</div>
<div id="headertitles">
<a href="https://www.google.com">CSS</a>
<a href="https://www.google.com">PHP</a>
<a href="https://www.google.com">HTML</a>
<a href="https://www.google.com">JAVASCRIPT</a>
<a href="https://www.google.com">MySQL</a>
</div>



<div id="content">

<p>Hello, this is my website page!<br>
Everything done here is by my <br>creative influence.<br>
I Hope that you enjoy!</p>
</div>


**********************************************************
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<div id="yellowbutton">
<div class="sidebarmenu">
<ul id="sidebarmenu1">

<li><a href="#"></a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Example</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Example</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>


<div id="redbutton">
<div class="sidebarmenu">
<ul id="sidebarmenu1">

<li><a href="#"></a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Example</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Example</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
**********************************************************
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<div id="footer">
<div id="footernotes">

<p> A Website by Ruddy J. Woel</p>
</div></div>


</div>

</body>
</html>


CSS*******************************************************

body {
background-image:url(Pictures/forest2.jpg);
z-index:-1;
}


#container {
width: 860px;
margin: 0 auto;
height:700px;
}

#containerbackground {
background:#ffff99;
position:absolute;
top:32px;
width:800px;
height:700px;
opacity:0.8;
}

#header {
background:#009900;
position:absolute;
top:2px;
width:800px;
height:29px;
opacity:0.8;

}

#headertitles {
position:absolute;
top:1px;
padding-left:20px;
font-size:28px;
color:#FFFFFF;
font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
word-spacing:65px;
opacity:0.9;
}

#content {
position:absolute;
top:70px;
left:280px;
font-size:16px;
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
opacity:0.8
}

#yellowbutton {
position:absolute;
top:200px;
left:260px;
}

.sidebarmenu ul{
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
list-style-type:none;
font: 18px Verdana;
width: 196px; /*main menu width*/
}

.sidebarmenu ul li{
position:relative;
width:197px; /*sub menu item widths*/
}

/* Top level menu links style */
.sidebarmenu ul li a{
display: block;
overflow: auto; /*force hasLayout in IE7 */
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 6px;
height:22px;
}

.sidebarmenu ul, .sidebarmenu ul li a:visited, .sidebarmenu{
background-image:url(Pictures/yellowbutton.gif); /*background of tabs (default state)*/
}

.sidebarmenu ul li a:visited{
color: white;
}

/*Sub level menu items */
.sidebarmenu ul li ul,.sidebarmenu ul li ul a:visited{
background-image:url(Pictures/menudrop.gif);
position: absolute;
width: 175px; /*Sub Menu Items width */
top: 0;
visibility: hidden;
}


#redbutton {
position:absolute;
top:235px;
left:260px;
z-index:1;
}

a {
text-decoration:none;
color:#FFFFFF;
word-spacing:40px;
}



#footer {

background-color:#000000;
position:absolute;
top:733px;
height:20px;
width:800px;
z-index:0;
opacity:0.8;
}

#footernotes {
margin-top:-10px;
font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:14px;
z-index:1;
color:#FFFFFF;
}

JAVASCRIPT*************************************************

var menuids=["sidebarmenu1"] //Enter id(s) of each Side Bar Menu's main UL, separated by commas

function initsidebarmenu(){
for (var i=0; i<menuids.length; i++){
var ultags=document.getElementById(menuids[i]).getElementsByTagName("ul")
for (var t=0; t<ultags.length; t++){
ultags[t].parentNode.getElementsByTagName("a")[0].className+=" subfolderstyle"
if (ultags[t].parentNode.parentNode.id==menuids[i]) //if this is a first level submenu
ultags[t].style.left=ultags[t].parentNode.offsetWidth+"px" //dynamically position first level submenus to be width of main menu item
else //else if this is a sub level submenu (ul)
ultags[t].style.left=ultags[t-1].getElementsByTagName("a")[0].offsetWidth+"px" //position menu to the right of menu item that activated it
ultags[t].parentNode.onmouseover=function(){
this.getElementsByTagName("ul")[0].style.display="block"
}
ultags[t].parentNode.onmouseout=function(){
this.getElementsByTagName("ul")[0].style.display="none"
}
}
for (var t=ultags.length-1; t>-1; t--){ //loop through all sub menus again, and use "display:none" to hide menus (to prevent possible page scrollbars
ultags[t].style.visibility="visible"
ultags[t].style.display="none"
}
}
}

if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", initsidebarmenu, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", initsidebarmenu)



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Thank you for your time!

I'm trying to make a simple drop down menu for the last item in the menu copied here. I've tried multiple free code on the web without success.
<li><a href="http://www.aftershowmusic.com/aftershowmusic.com/After%20Show%20Music%20.html"><span>After Show Music</span></a></li>


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>

<meta name="keywords" content="RF, producer, engineer, studio, touring, tours, live, managment, sound, mixing, editing, digital recording.
Tony Levin Band, Tony Levin, Jerry Marotta, Larry Fast, Pete Levin, Jesse Gress, Todd Rundgren, Bill Bruford, Earthworks, Earthworks Underground Orchestra,
BLUE, Joe Jackson, Lance Hoppen, Larry Hoppen, John Hall, Orleans, President Bill Clinton, ETHEL, ABBA's Arrival, ABBA the Tour, Anna Cheek, Jim Weider, The Band, Robbie Dupree, David Sancious, Woodstock, Water's of Eden,
BLUE nights, Pieces of the Sun, Resonator, LIARS DVD, Jesse Gress, John Ferenzik, Prairie Prince, Kasim Sulton, Michael Urbano, The Band 3, Joey Eppard, Chris Gartman, Joe Stote, UKZ, Stickmen, Adrian Belew,
Stickmen,Adrian Belew Power Trio, Julie Slick, Brian Slick, After Show Music, aftershowmusic.com.. ">
<meta name="description" content="Audio engineer, producer, manager RF's home page.
His tour schedule, latest news, audio samples, discography, photos, live sound, contact information. Gear used including Roland Digital Mixer, Bose Radiator Speakers,
Byerdynamic microphones, Shure, Apple computers, MacIntosh, Logic. Ongoing work with Tony Levin, Todd Rundgren Tour Dates, The ABBA Tour Dates, Bearsville Theatre, The Band 3, ABBA the Tour, Stickmen, UKZ, Adrian Belew, ...">
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />

<title>drop down menu help</title>

<link href="style2.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function showmenu(elmnt)
{
document.getElementById(elmnt).style.visibility="visible";
}
function hidemenu(elmnt)
{
document.getElementById(elmnt).style.visibility="hidden";
}
-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table align="center" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="10" bordercolor="#B5A642" border="0" bgcolor="#444400">
<tr>
<td align="right" width="120" border="0">

<div id="tabs">
<ul>
<li></li>
<li><a href="index.htm"><span>Home</span></a></li>
<li><a href="rlive.html"><span>Live</span></a></li>
<li><a href="rdisc.html"><span>Discography</span></a></li>
<li><a href="rpress.html"><span>Press</span></a></li>
<li><a href="rarch.html"><span>Photos</span></a></li>
<li><a href="toursataglance.html"><span>Tours</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aftershowmusic.com/aftershowmusic.com/After%20Show%20Music%20.html"><span>After Show Music</span></a></li>
</ul>
</div>

</td>
</tr>
<td>

<table align="center" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="10" bordercolor="#B5A642" border="0" bgcolor="#444400">
<tr>

<td><a href="http://www.aftershowmusic.com/aftershowmusic.com/After%20Show%20Music%20.html"><img src="n140899968868_3330.jpg" width="200" height="183" border="2"></a>
<br>
<br>
</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>

<td><a href="MVI_4144AVI.html" target="MVI_4144.AVI" onClick="window.open('','MVI_4144.AVI', config='width=320, height=255, toolbar=no, menubar=no, scrollbars=no, resizable=no, location=no, directories=no, status=no')"><img src="LiveMix.jpg" alt="RF Live Mix pic click for video" width="320" height="240" border="1"></a>
</td>

</tr>

<br>
<br>
</table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" bgcolor="#444400" bordercolor="#B5A642" border="0" height="0">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#B5A642" align="left" width="680"><b><i>Robert Frazza's</i>&nbsp; Latest Tour Details:</b></td>
</tr>

<!--
<tr>
<td align="left" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="10">
<br>
<b>Stick Men</b> March 2010 <br>
<b>Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, and Michael Bernier</b>

<br>
<br>
Mar 2 - Mexico City -Show
<br>
Mar 3 - Mexico City Show # 2 ( I've asked Val to verify local promoter!)
<br>
Mar 5 - Santiago Chile Show
<br>
Mar 7 - Cordoba Show
<br>
Mar 8 - Possible TLev clinic offer pending in Buenes Aires for + dollars (If so travel from Cordoba to BA; if not travel to Montevideo)
<br>
Mar 10 - Montevideo Show
<br>
Mar 11 - Rosario Argentina - Show
<br>
Mar 12 - Buenes Aires TBA - Show
<br>
Mar 14 - Caracas Show
<br>

</td>
</tr>
-->

<tr>
<td align="left" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="10">
<br>
<b>Eddie Jobson's UK &ndash; November</b> 2009 <br><br>
<i>w/ Edddie Jobson, Marco Minnemann, Greg Howe, Tony Levin, &amp; John Wetton </i>
<br>
Nov. 3 - Studio Club - Krakow <br>
Nov. 4 - Palladium - Warsaw <br>
Nov. 5 - Filharmonia Pomorska - Bydgoszcz <br>
<br>
<i>w/ Edddie Jobson, Marco Minnemann, Greg Howe, Ric Fierabracci, &amp; Adrian Belew </i>
<br>
Nov. 9 - Philharmonic Hall - Perm <br>
Nov.10 - B1 Maximum Club - Moscow <br>
<br>
<i>w /Edddie Jobson, Marco Minnemann, Greg Howe, &amp; Ric Fierabracci </i>
<br>
<strike>Nov. 11 - Crossroads Live Club - Rome</strike>


<br>


</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td align="left" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="10">

&nbsp;
<br>

</td>
</tr>


</table>


<table align="center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" bordercolor="B5A642" border="0" height="25">
<tr>
<br>
<br>
<td span class="contact"><a href="mailto:jen@robertfrazza.com" class="contact">Ashokan Talent Group</a>&trade;

&nbsp;PO Box 676 - Woodstock, NY 12498

&nbsp;<a href="mailto:rfrazza@yahoo.com" class="contact">robert@robertfrazza.com</a>
<br>
This web site ia a: &nbsp;<a href="mailto:nesbproject@yahoo.com" class="contact">NorthEast SoundBase project</a>&trade;
<br>

<script language="JavaScript1.2">

document.write("This web site was last modified on: ", document.lastModified);

</script>
</span>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
try {
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-11025875-1");
pageTracker._trackPageview();
} catch(err) {}</script>

</td>
</tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>



This is the css -style2.css

body,td,th {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
color: #000000;
}
body {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
a {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
color: #000000;
}
a:link {
text-decoration: none;
color: #997700;
font-weight: bold;
}
a:visited {
text-decoration: none;
color: #005588;
font-weight: bold;
}
a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
color: #005588;
font-weight: bold;
}
a:active {
text-decoration: none;
color: #000000;
}
.tba {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
color: #000000;
font-weight: bold;
}
.contact {
text-decoration: none;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
color: #000000;
font-weight: normal;
text-align: center;
}
a.contact {
text-decoration: none;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #000000;
font-weight: normal;
text-align: center;
}
a.contact:hover {
text-decoration: none;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #858585;
font-weight: normal;
text-align: center;
}


/*Credits: Dynamic Drive CSS Library */
/*URL: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/ */

#tabs {
float:left;
width:100%;
font-size:93%;
line-height:normal;
border-bottom:1px solid #666;
margin-bottom:1em; /*margin between menu and rest of page*/
overflow:hidden;
}

#tabs ul {
margin:0;
padding:10px 10px 0 0px;
list-style:none;

}

#tabs li {
display:inline;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

#tabs a {
float:left;
background:url("left.png") no-repeat left top;
margin:0;
padding:0 0 0 6px;
text-decoration:none;
}

#tabs a span {
float:left;
display:block;
background:url("right.png") no-repeat right top;
padding:6px 15px 4px 6px;
margin-right:2px;
color:#FFF;
}

/* Commented Backslash Hack hides rule from IE5-Mac \*/
#tabs a span {float:none;}

/* End IE5-Mac hack */
#tabs a:hover span {
}

#tabs a:hover {
background-position:0% -42px;
}

#tabs a:hover span {
background-position:100% -42px;
}

Here is the JS I used for a drop down nav bar from DW8. I need the cursor to become a hand when you scroll over one of the menu items. Can someone tell me what and where to change this. File attached...

Hi,

Please look at the following drop-down menu:
http://www.w3schools.com/JS/tryit.as...yjs_selectmenu

1. How can I set it so the pages open in the parent frame (instead of the same frame)?
2. How can I set it so the pages open in a new window?


Regards
Rain Lover

New to Javascript and been reading a lot of tutorials on the various things im trying to do with my website. One thing i cant figure out is my my menu doesnt dropdown as I want to have sublinks. I know this all has to do with my style.css. Here is the code I have, cant figure out where I got this wrong.

[CODE]
.menu {width:100%; height:67px; background:url(images/tail-menu.gif) 0 0 repeat-x #f00;}
.menu li {float:left; font-size:1.333em; line-height:1.5em; text-transform:uppercase;}
.menu li a {display:block; padding:21px 27px 22px 27px; color:#818080;}
.menu li .active, .menu li a:hover {color:#fffefe; background:#f31301;}
.menu .last-item a {padding:21px 32px 22px 27px; }
.menu li span {width:100%; height:67px; background:url(images/tail-menu.gif); no-repeat center top;float: left}
.menu li span.subhover {background-position: center bottom; cursor: pointer;}
.menu li ul.subnav {list-style: none; position: absolute; left:0; top:35px; background:#f31301; margin:0; padding:0; width:170px;float:left; display:none; border: 1px solid #111}
.menu li ul.subnav li{margin:0; padding:0; border-top: 1px solid #252525; border-bottom: 1px solid #444; clear: both; width: 100%;}
[CODE]

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone. I'm pretty new to JS. I'm trying to make a drop down menu that hides the li's on load and then when the user clicks on the main li the sub li's appear. I also want to change the background color of this text on mouseOver. Having some trouble. Any help would be appreciated.

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
    ul {
        list-style-type: none 
    }
    ul li {
        width: 300px 
    }
    a { 
        text-decoration: none; 
        padding: 8px; 
        margin: 5px; 
        font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 
        color:#DA6712 
    }
    a:hover {
        font-weight:bold
    }

</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.2.6(2).js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    function showItems()
    {    
        getElementById(hidden1).style.backgroundColor = "#dddddd";
    }
        
    
    
    function hideItems()
    {
        
    }
    
    



          
    $(document).ready(function()
      {
              
               $('#hidden1,#hidden2').hide();
            $("ul").mouseover(showItems);
            $("ul").mouseout(hideItems); 
      });


</script>
</head>
<body>
<ul id="jsddm">
    <li><a href="#">JavaScript</a>
        <ul id="hidden1">
            <li><a href="#">Drop Down Menu</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">jQuery Plugin</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Ajax Navigation</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a href="#">Effect</a>
        <ul id="hidden2">
            <li><a href="#">Slide Effect</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Fade Effect</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Opacity Mode</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Drop Shadow</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Semitransparent</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a href="#">Navigation</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">HTML/CSS</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Help</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>

Thanks for looking, I am a novice.

Desi Drop down menu that works with IE7 & 8

Works with: MSIE6? andversions (that I have checked) of FF, Safari, Safari for iPhone

Page:
http://sfphotography.com/menu/test.html

All files:
http://sfphotography.com/menu/

Note, there are no linked pages, IE7 does not even show the option for selecting pages.

[code=html]
<script type="text/javascript" src="drop_down.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
@import url(style2.css);
</style>

<body text="black" bgcolor="white" link="#a50921" vlink="#767676" background="">


<div align="center">
<ul><font size="2">
<li><a href="#">Rooms</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="queen.html">2 Queen / King</a></li>
<li><a href="family.html">Family Suite</a></li>
<li><a href="jacuzzi.html">Jacuzzi Suite</a></li>

</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Rates</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="queen_.html">2 Queen / King</a></li>
<li><a href="family_.html">Family Suite</a></li>
<li><a href="jacuzzi_.html">Jacuzzi Suite</a></li>

</ul>
</li>
</font>
</ul>
[/code]

[code=javascript]
// JavaScript Document

startList = function() {
if (document.all&&document.getElementById) {
navRoot = document.getElementById("nav");
for (i=0; i<navRoot.childNodes.length; i++) {
node = navRoot.childNodes[i];
if (node.nodeName=="LI") {
node.onmouseover=function() {
this.className+=" over";
}
node.onmouseout=function() {
this.className=this.className.replace(" over", "");
}
}
}
}
}
window.onload=startList;
[/code]

[code=CSS]

body {
font: normal 11px verdana;
}

ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
width: 150px; /* Width of Menu Items */
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
}

ul li {
position: relative;
}

li ul {
position: absolute;
left: 149px; /* Set 1px less than menu width */
top: 0;
display: none;
}

/* Styles for Menu Items */
ul li a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
color: #777;
background: #fff; /* IE6 Bug */
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
border-bottom: 0;
}

/* Fix IE. Hide from IE Mac \*/
* html ul li { float: left; height: 1%; }
* html ul li a { height: 1%; }
/* End */

ul li a:hover { color: #a50921; background: #f9f9f9; } /* Hover Styles */

li ul li a { padding: 2px 5px; } /* Sub Menu Styles */

li:hover ul, li.over ul { display: block; } /* The magic */
[/code]

Hey, have another question. I've made a basic website template, which I'm still working on, but I'd like to make it compatible with IE before I go any further.

I'm having trouble with the drop down menu that is located in the top right section on the site...in the banner.

It seems to work fine in FireFox (which is what I've built it for), Safari, and Chrome, but it will not work in Internet Explorer. Problem is....it doesn't hide the links, or "il" section. I was able to get it to do so, but then it would not let you select any of them...they would disappear as soon as you moved your mouse off of the top section, or "ul" i believe it's called.

Here is the website link http://pmportfolio.net/tester
and here is the CSS sheet for the menu http://pmportfolio.net/tester/dropdown.css

I'm sure I'm probably missing some things as well as having things I don't need. I'm lost.

Here is the code for the menu:
Code:

<div id="rgbar">
	<div id="container">

		<div id="specialtext">
			<div id="gameselector">
				<div class="menu">
					<ul>

					 <li><a href="#">Drop Down Links
					  <ins>

						<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td>
							<ul>
							    <li><a href="#" rel="nofollow" target='_blank'>&nbsp;First One</a></li>
                        		<li><a href="#" rel="nofollow" target='_blank'>&nbsp;Second One</a></li>
                     		    <li><a href="#" rel="nofollow" target='_blank'>&nbsp;Third One</a></li>
                      		    <li><a href="#" rel="nofollow" target='_blank'>&nbsp;Fourth One</a></li>
							</ul>

						</td></tr></table>
					  </ins></a>					 </li>
					</ul>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>
</div>

and here is the CSS
Code:

/*	#rgbar
	{
	position:absolute;
	top:8px;
	left:0px;
	width:1180px;
	height:80px;
	border:0px;
	display:block;
	font-size:10px;
	font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	padding:0px;
	margin:0px;
	*/

/* SPECIAL TEXT FORMATION */
	#rgbar #container #specialtext
	{
	width:190px;
	text-align:center;
	font-size:10px;
	color:#FFFFFF;
	padding:4px 0px 0px 0px; font-weight: bold;
	}
	#rgbar ins
	{
		text-decoration:none;
	}
	#rgbar a,
	#rgbar a:link,
	#rgbar a:visited,
	#rgbar a:active,
	#rgbar a:hover
	{
		font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
		font-size:10px;
		color: #ccc
	}

	/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */
	#rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu ul
	{
		padding:0;
		margin:0;
		list-style-type:none;
	}
	/* float the list to make it horizontal and a relative positon so that you can control the dropdown menu positon */
	#rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu li
	{
		float:left;
		width:175px;
		position:relative;
		z-index:100; left:5;
	}
	/* style the links for the top level */
	#rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu a,
	#rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu a:visited
	{
		display:block;
		text-align:left;
		font-size:10px;
		text-decoration:none;
		color:#000000;
		width:169px;
		height:16px;
		padding-left:4px;
		line-height:16px;
		background-color: #c8c8c8; background-image: url("images/dropbg.png"); border: 1px solid #000000;

-moz-border-radius-topright: 2px; /* mozilla border radius */
-webkit-border-radius-topright: 2px; /* safari and chrome border radius */
border-radius-topright: 2px; /* opera border radius */

-moz-border-radius-topleft: 2px; /* mozilla border radius */
-webkit-border-radius-topleft: 2px; /* safari and chrome border radius */
border-radius-topleft: 2px; /* opera border radius */
		}
	/* a hack so that IE5.5 faulty box model is corrected */
	* html #rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu a,
	* html #rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu a:visited
	{
		width:175px;
		/* QUIRKS MODE */
		/* w\idth:175px; */
		/* VALID MODE */
		w\idth:173px;
	}
	/* IE 6 to OPERA Switch */
	html > body #rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu ul ul
	{
		p\osition:relative;
		d\isplay:none;
		top: 18px; left:-5;
	}
	/* style the table so that it takes no ppart in the layout - required for IE to work */
	#rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu table
	{
		position:absolute;
		top:0;
		left:0;
		border-collapse:collapse;
	}

	/* style the second level links */
	#rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu ul ul a,
	#rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu ul ul a:visited
	{
		text-align:left;
		background:#222;
		color:#bbb;
		height:auto;
		line-height:12px;
		padding:3px;
		width:167px;
		border:1px solid #000000;
		border-width:0 1px 1px 1px;
-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 0 1em rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 1em #000000;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 1em #000000;

-moz-border-radius: 0px; /* mozilla border radius */
-webkit-border-radius: 0px; /* safari and chrome border radius */
border-radius: 0px; /* opera border radius */
	}

	#rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu ul ul li.last,
	#rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu ul ul li.last:visited
	{
		text-align:left;
		background:#000000;
		color:#bbb;
		height:auto;
		line-height:12px;
		padding:0;
		width:171px;
		w\idth:173px;
		border:1px solid #555;
		border-width:0 1px 1px 1px;
		b\order-width:0 1px 1px 1px;
	}
	#rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu ul ul li.last a,
	#rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu ul ul li.last:visited a:visited
	{
		border: 0px;
		width: 173px;
		w\idth: 166px;
	}

	/* yet another hack for IE5.5 */
	* html #rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu ul ul a,
	* html #rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu ul ul a:visited
	{
		width:175px;
		/* QUIRKS MODE */
		/* w\idth:175px; */
		/* VALID MODE */
		w\idth:167px;
	}
	/* style the top level hover */
	#rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu ul a:hover
	{
		color:#000000;
		background-color: #c8c8c8;
	}
	#rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu ul ul a:hover
	{
		color:#FFF;
		background:#2a78c6;
	}
	#rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu :hover > a,
	#rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu ul ul :hover > a
	{
		color:#c8c8c8;
		background:#222;
	}
	/* make the second level visible when hover on first level list OR link */
	#rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu ul li:hover ul,
	#rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu ul a:hover ul
	{
		visibility:visible;
	}
	/* IE 6 to OPERA Switch */
	html > body #rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu ul li:hover ul,
	html > body #rgbar #container #specialtext #gameselector .menu ul a:hover ul
	{
		d\isplay:block;
	}

I'm ready to give up and just find another one online somewhere that will work.

Hi there. I recently put a news ticker on my work's homepage and it works fine. The only problem is that the drop-down menus above it are appearing behind the news ticker. I tried trouble-shooting for the last couple days to no avail. I am hoping someone might be able to give me some hints or a way to resolve this. Here is a link to the beta page, and below is the newsticker javascript I used. This is my first time posting here and I'm really new to the world of scripting so please let me know if there is anything else you might need to help me crack this thing. Thanks to everyone in advance.

Code:

// Create namespace
if (at == undefined) var at = {};
if (at.bartelme == undefined) at.bartelme = {};

// Newsticker Class
at.bartelme.newsticker = Class.create();
at.bartelme.newsticker.prototype = {
	initialize: function()
	{
		// Get elements
		this.interval = 10000;
		this.container = $("newsticker");
		this.messages  = $A(this.container.getElementsByTagName("li"));
		this.number_of_messages = this.messages.length;
		if (this.number_of_messages == 0)
		{
			this.showError();
			return false;
		}
		this.current_message = 0;
		this.previous_message = null;
		// Create toggle button
		this.toggle_button = document.createElement("a");
		this.toggle_button.href = "#";
		this.toggle_button.id = "togglenewsticker";
		this.toggle_button.innerHTML = "Toggle";
		Event.observe(this.toggle_button, "click", this.toggle.bindAsEventListener(this), false);
		
		this.hideMessages();
		this.showMessage();
		// Install timer
		this.timer = setInterval(this.showMessage.bind(this), this.interval);
  	},
	showMessage: function()
	{
		Effect.Appear(this.messages[this.current_message]);
		setTimeout(this.fadeMessage.bind(this), this.interval-2000);
		if (this.current_message < this.number_of_messages-1)
		{
			this.previous_message = this.current_message;
			this.current_message = this.current_message + 1;
		} else {
			this.current_message = 0;
			this.previous_message = this.number_of_messages - 1;
		}
	},
	fadeMessage: function()
	{
		Effect.Fade(this.messages[this.previous_message]);
	},
	hideMessages: function()
	{
		this.messages.each(function(message)
		{
			Element.hide(message);
		})
	},
	toggle: function()
	{
		Effect.BlindUp(this.container, 1000);
	},
	showError: function()
	{
		if (this.container.getElementsByTagName("ul").length == 0)
		{
			this.list = document.createElement("ul");
			this.container.appendChild(this.list);
		} else {
			this.list = this.container.getElementsByTagName("ul")[0];
		}
		this.errorMessage = document.createElement("li");
		this.errorMessage.className = "error";
		this.errorMessage.innerHTML = "Could not retrieve data";
		this.list.appendChild(this.errorMessage);
	}
}

Event.observe(window, "load", function(){new at.bartelme.newsticker()}, false);

I have calendars on my site where tenants can make reservations for shared rooms. The start times are listed in a drop down starting at 8am and going through 5pm at one hour intervals. What I'd like to be able to do is make the drop down be populated 1 hour from the current time. For example, if it is 8 now, I'd like the time in the drop down to start at 9. Is this something that's possible or wishful thinking?