CS3 Vertical menu

Question

I am using spry to create two vertical menu bars on the same
page. But I want to apply different style and colour to each of
them. If I change anything on the Spry menubar vertical CSS, it
applies to all the menu bars items on the page. Do I need to create
another CSS, but how to link it to the second menu bar? I am a new
user of CS3, would appreciate any help on this. Thanks.
W. Chui

Answer 1

Hi Danilo, thank you for your response. I tried, but it
didn't work. I am not sure if I have done something wrong. Here is
SpryMenuVertical ccs I have changed according to my understanding
of your reply. I have spent 2 days trying to figure it out... I
hope you can help me. Thanks.
@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBarVertical.css - Revision: Spry Preview Release
1.4 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights
reserved. */
LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning,
z-order
/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, a fixed width box
with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarVertical
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
cursor: default;
width: 150px;
ul.MenuBarVertical2
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
cursor: default;
width: 150px;
/* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting
z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug:
http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html
ul.MenuBarActive
z-index: 1000;
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this
container and are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical li
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 11px;
position: relative;
text-align: left;
cursor: pointer;
width: 150px;
ul.MenuBarVertical2 li
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 11px;
position: relative;
text-align: left;
cursor: pointer;
width: 150px;
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right
(95%) and up (-5%) with a higher z-index, but they are initially
off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
margin: 0% 0 0 113%;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 11px;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1020;
cursor: default;
width: 150px;
left: -1000em;
top: 0;
ul.MenuBarVertical2 ul
margin: 0% 0 0 113%;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 11px;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1020;
cursor: default;
width: 150px;
left: -1000em;
top: 0;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation
MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen
ul.MenuBarVertical ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
left: 0;
ul.MenuBarVertical2 ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
left: 0;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul li
width: 150px;
ul.MenuBarVertical2 ul li
width: 150px;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Outermost menu container has borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarVertical
border-top-width: thin;
border-right-width: thin;
border-bottom-width: thin;
border-left-width: thin;
border-top-style: none;
border-right-style: none;
border-bottom-style: none;
border-left-style: none;
ul.MenuBarVertical2
border-top-width: thin;
border-right-width: thin;
border-bottom-width: thin;
border-left-width: thin;
border-top-style: none;
border-right-style: none;
border-bottom-style: none;
border-left-style: none;
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
border: 1px solid #999933;
ul.MenuBarVertical2 ul
border: 1px solid #FF9900;
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text
decoration */
ul.MenuBarVertical a
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #EEE;
padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
color: #666600;
text-decoration: none;
ul.MenuBarVertical2 a
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #EEE;
padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
color: #FF9900;
text-decoration: none;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue
background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a:hover, ul.MenuBarVertical a:focus
background-color: #999933;
color: #FFF;
background-image: none;
ul.MenuBarVertical2 a:hover, ul.MenuBarVertical a:focus
background-color: #FF9900;
color: #FFF;
background-image: none;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to
MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarVertical
a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarVertical
a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
background-color: #999933;
color: #EEE;
ul.MenuBarVertical2 a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarVertical2
a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarVertical2
a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
background-color: #FF9900;
color: #EEE;
SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a
given menu item
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation
MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned
on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 90% 50%;
height: auto;
width: 150px;
ul.MenuBarVertical2 a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 90% 50%;
height: auto;
width: 150px;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class
designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover"
background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered
vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 90% 50%;
ul.MenuBarVertical2 a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 90% 50%;
BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless
you are an expert
/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form
controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarVertical iframe
position: absolute;
z-index: 1010;
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the
slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
ul.MenuBarVertical li.MenuBarItemIE
display: inline;
f\loat: left;
background: #FFF;